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| Sculpture of Columbus by Mary Lawrence |
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| Horticulture building at the Columbia Exposition |
Taft realized he had plenty of talented women among his students at the Chicago Art Institute.
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| Lorado Taft and his students at work, 1899 |
Burnham told Taft he could "hire anyone, even white rabbits, if they can get the work done." (Link to video)
The team of women promptly dubbed themselves "The White Rabbits," and successfully completed the work. They became some of the leading women sculptors in America, including Julia Bracken (1871–1942), Carol Brooks (1871–1944), Ellen Rankin Copp (1853-1901), Helen Farnsworth (1867–1916), Margaret Gerow, Mary Lawrence (1868–1945), Bessie Potter (1872–1954), Janet Scudder (1869–1940), Enid Yandell (1870–1934), and Zulime Taft.
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White Rabbits on Wikipedia
Online article on the White Rabbits
6 comments:
Wonderful! Thanks for posting!
Yep, great tribute to the advancement women in the arts! They say necessity is the mother of invention, but it this case, it was the mother of deadlines!
How fortunate to have such talented women available as a back up plan!
Call me a curmudgeon, but I highly doubt a similar result could be achieved today if the directive was "Hire anyone."
This makes me super happy to learn about! Thanks, Mr. Gurney.
Oh, I love this piece... I love, love, love it. Wonderful.
I tend to believe women have been in the sculpture field as long as men. Certainly many women were set in tradition of women at their time , but at least here in America they frequented the art schools from the mid 1800's. Naturally this interest of women in the arts or sculpture has only gotten larger through the centuries. Most of my students have been women as well as some of the best workers in my shop. Talent and knowledge is not given to one sex or the other, both men and women are fully capable to succeed in sculpture.
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