Myra Reynolds Richards
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Born1882
Indianapolis, Indiana
Died1934 (aged 51–52)
EducationJohn Herron Art Institute
Knownforsculpture
Myra Reynolds Richards | |
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 The sculptor Myra Reynolds Richards stands in front of the bronze sculpture she made in 1918 for the Murphy Memorial Drinking Fountain in Delphi, Indiana. | |
| Born | 1882 Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Died | 1934 (aged 51–52) |
| Education | John Herron Art Institute |
| Known for | sculpture |
Myra Reynolds Richards (31 January 1882 – 1934) was an American sculptor and teacher. She was born in Indianapolis. She studied at the Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis mainly under Mary Y. Robinson, Roda Selleck, and Otto Stark, J. Ottis Adams, William Forsyth, Clifton Wheeler, Rudolf Schwarz, and George Julian Zolnay.[1] She also studied in New York under Isidore Konti and in Paris with Charles Despiau at the Académie Scandinave.[2]
She was an instructor of anatomy and modeling class at the Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis from 1918 to 1920.[3] She become the head of department of anatomy and sculpture at Herron Art Institute before her resignation at 1929. [4]
