Rhys Caparn (1909 - 1997) - An Island - Bronze Statue - Signed

Rhys Caparn (1909-1997) - An Island, 1953,

Beautiful Rhys Caparn Statue signed on the base, see close-up photos for details.

Caparn received awards from the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors (later National Association of Women Artists), including its Medal of Honor for Sculpture. In a national competition called "American Sculpture, 1951" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Caparn's "Animal Form I" was awarded $2,500 as second prize. The National Sculpture Society complained that the jurors unjustly favored a modernist style over the classically realist style that it advocated. A letter from the society called the award-winning pieces "work not only of extreme modernistic and negative tendencies but mediocre left-wing work at that." The museum stood by its decisions and issued a statement defending the neutrality of its award policies. She moved to Connecticut in the 1960's and lived in Danbury until she passed away in 1997

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Jean Jacobs Gallery

New Canaan, CT, CT 06840

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Saturday, 11/7, 11:00 am to 3:00 pm

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