Emma Stebbins and Women Sculptors in 19th Century Rome

[Virtual tour] Around the time of the American Civil War, Emma Stebbins, famous in NYC for her “Angel of the Waters” in Central Park, was part of a close knit community of highly educated, independent and gifted women sculptors in Rome. Neoclassicism was a dominant style in 19th centry art and architecture, and many of our leading American sculptors went to live in Rome, where they could study famous classical and Renaissance art collections and work with the famous local marble. They worked on important private and public commissions, their art closely linked to the conversations around abolition, Native Americans, and feminism. [This is Part 1 of a 4-part series “Pioneering American Art Communities.”]

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