Brenda Putnam (June 3, 1890 – October 18, 1975) was an American sculptor, teacher and author.
Portrait of Brenda Putnam carving; 1921; photography Clarence H. White (1871-1925), Platinum print; Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of Kenneth N. Gilpin III and John M. Gilpin; P2008.12
Putnam had a 30-year career teaching at various institutions and privately. She incorporated that experience into her book, The Sculptor’s Way: A Guide to Modeling and Sculpture, first published in 1939. It is still considered a classic on the subject and was in print as recently as 2003. She also was the author of Animal X-Rays: A Skeleton Key to Comparative Anatomy (New York: G.P. Putnams’s Sons, 1947). Via Wikipedia
Among her students were Elfriede Abbe, Laura Gilpin, Ethel Painter Hood, Beatrice Gilman Proske, Lilian Swann Saarinen, Marion Sanford, and Katharine Lane Weems.
Laura Gilpin and Brenda Putnam [1/2], ca. 1915–1920 Clarence H. White, 1871–1925; born West Carlisle, OH; died Mexico City, Mexico; active Ohio and New York Unknown x
Amelia Earhart & Brenda Putnam
Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and she set many other records
The bust of Amelia Earhart by Brenda Putnam x
On July 2, 1937, Earhart disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the world.
cover photo: Brenda Putnam, © Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
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