Vinnie Ream - Wikipedia
Lavinia Ellen "Vinnie" Ream Hoxie (September 25, 1847 – November 20, 1914) was an American sculptor. Her most famous work is the statue of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in the United States Capitol rotunda. [1] Ream's Statue of Sequoyah and Statue of Samuel J. Kirkwood are both part of the National Statuary Hall collection.
Vinnie Ream - Architect of the Capitol
In 1866, at the age of 18, Vinnie Ream was selected by the U.S. Congress to sculpt a memorial statue of President Abraham Lincoln. This made her the first female artist commissioned to create a work of art for the United States government.
Vinnie Ream | 19th Century American Sculptor & Artist - Britannica
Sep 21, 2024 · Vinnie Ream (born September 25, 1847, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.—died November 20, 1914, Washington, D.C.) was an American sculptor, who is best remembered for her sculpture of Abraham Lincoln in the rotunda of the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Vinnie Ream - Smithsonian
Jul 31, 2000 · After the marble dust cleared, the winner was not one of the old lions of American sculpture but an obscure, beautiful 26-year-old woman named Vinnie Ream.
Vinnie Ream: Woman Sculptor Behind the Abraham Lincoln …
Sep 18, 2023 · Vinnie Ream became the first woman to win a US government commission for a statue in 1866—at the age of 18! She created a life-sized figure of President Abraham Lincoln, gazing down at the Emancipation Proclamation he holds in his right hand.
Home - Vinnie Ream - Stafford Library at Columbia College
Mar 13, 2024 · Vinnie Ream made her way from her humble and simplistic origin to leave her mark in the highest American social and political circles once dominated by men. Her talent and her basic understanding of human nature combined with her strength and determination carried her with wit and style to successes previously denied to women of that time.
This Ambitious Young Sculptor Gave Us A Lincoln For the Capitol
Sep 25, 2017 · Vinnie Ream was not even 20 when she was commissioned by the U.S. government to create the statue of Lincoln that still stands in the Capitol today.
Vinnie Ream - Smithsonian American Art Museum
The American sculptor Vinnie Ream (1847-1914) and George Healy met in Rome in the early 1870s when Ream visited Italy to oversee the carving of her full-length statue of Abraham Lincoln for the U.S. Capitol Building.
Vinnie Ream: The Teen Who Met With Abraham Lincoln for 30 …
Feb 12, 2019 · But in 1864, 17-year-old Lavinia “Vinnie” Ream managed to steal half an hour with Abraham Lincoln every day—for five months. Ream made a name for herself as an artist at a young age.
Vinnie Ream and R.L. Hoxie papers, - Library of Congress
Vinnie Ream and R.L. Hoxie papers, Summary. Correspondence, memoranda, writings, reports, notebooks, commissions, biographical data, printed material, and other papers pertaining chiefly to Ream's work following her commission to execute the statue of Abraham Lincoln now standing in the U.S. Capitol rotunda.