Myra Reynolds Richards

Myra Reynolds Richards
James Whitcomb Riley, 1918

Myra Reynolds Richards(January 31, 1882 - 1934) American sculptor and teacher born in Indianapolis, Indiana. She studied at the Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis with J. Ottis Adams, Helene Hibben, 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]

Richards taught at the Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis. [3]

Selected works

  • James Whitcomb Riley statue, Hancock County Courthouse, Greenfield, Indiana, 1918
  • Pan, 1923. Richards' Pan was stolen in 1970 and the current work is a replacement.
  • Syrinx, 1923. Richards' Syrinx was stolen in 1959 and the current statue is a replacement.

Sources

  1. ^ Opitz, Glenn B., Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Books, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1988
  2. ^ http://www.artsmartindiana.org/popUp.php?id=57
  3. ^ Petteys, Chris, ‘’Dictionary of Women Artists’’, G K Hill & Co. publishers, 1985

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