Original works of art
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Emily Fiero |
(American, 1889 - 1974 ) |
Emily Fiero was born in Joliet, Illinois. She studied art and sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago. She also went to study in Italy, and then in Paris under famous American artist Paul Bartlett and French sculptor Edouard Navellier. She returned back to the States and set up her studio in New York. After the War, she returned to Paris where she exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Francais in 1925 and 1927. Back in New York, she was commissioned to do sculptures for the Calvary Episcopal Church on Park Avenue near the Gramercy Park, and a fountain for the Cleveland Museum of Art. She was a member of the National Academy of Design, National Sculpture Society, National Association of Women Painters & Sculptors, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and the Architecture League. |
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