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Myra Reynolds Richards
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. She also studied in New York under Isidore Konti and in Paris with Charles Despiau at the Académie Scandinave. She was an instructor of anatomy and modelling class at the Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis from 1920. She become the head of department of anatomy and sculpture at Herron Art Institute before her resignation at 1929. Selected works * James Whitcomb Riley statue, Hancock County Courthouse, Greenfield, Indiana, 1918 * '' Murphy Memorial Drinking Fountain'', at the Carroll County Courthouse, 1918 * '' Pan'', 1923. Richards' Pan was stolen in 1970 and the current work is a replacement. * ''Syrinx'', 1923. Richards' Syrinx was stolen in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myra Richards In Front Of The Murphy Memorial Fountain In Delphi, Indiana, Ca 1920
Myra ( grc, Μύρα, ''Mýra'') was a Lycian language, Lycian, then Ancient Greece, ancient Greek, then Greco-Roman, then Byzantine Greek, then Ottoman Empire, Ottoman town in Lycia, which became the small Turkish town of Kale, renamed Demre in 2005, in the present-day Antalya Province of Turkey. In 1923, its Greek inhabitants had been required to leave by the population exchange between Greece and Turkey, at which time its church was finally abandoned. It was founded on the river Myros ( grc, Μύρος; Turkish: ''Demre Çay''), in the fertile alluvial plain between Alaca Dağ, the Massikytos range and the Aegean Sea. History Although some scholars equate Myra with the town, of Mira, in Arzawa, there is no proof for the connection. There is no substantiated written reference for Myra before it was listed as a member of the Lycia#Lycian League, Lycian League (168 BC–AD 43); according to Strabo (14:665), it was one of the largest towns of the alliance. The ancient Greek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenfield, Indiana
Greenfield is a city in and the county seat of Hancock County, Indiana, United States, and a part of the Indianapolis metropolitan area. The population was 20,602 at the 2010 census, and an estimated 23,006 in 2019. It lies in Center Township. Greenfield was a stop along the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad that connected Pittsburgh to Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ... and St. Louis. History Hancock County was created on March 1, 1828, and named for John Hancock, the first person to sign the United States Declaration of Independence, Declaration of Independence. The town of Greenfield was chosen as the county seat on April 11, 1828. The Commissioners announced, "The seat of Justice of Hancock County shall be known and designated by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herron School Of Art And Design Faculty
Herron may refer to: People * Herron (name) (Herron is a Scottish surname originating in Stirlingshire and Perthshire, Scotland. First recorded in the Early Middle Ages, the name describes a tall fin man resembling to a Heron Bird. Places *Herron, Western Australia, Australia * Herron, Michigan, USA * Herron, Montana, USA * Herrön, Nynäshamn Municipality – an island in the Stockholm archipelago and Nynäshamn Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden * – an island and settlement in Karlstad Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden * Herron Island, an island in central Case Inlet, Washington, U.S.A. *Herron Run, a creek in West Virginia, U.S.A. * Herron River, a river in Alaska, U.S.A. * Herron Glacier, a glacier in Alaska, U.S.A. Facilities and structures * Herron Airport (FAA id: 7G1), New Cumberland, West Virginia, U.S.A. * Herron station, an East Busway station on Herron Avenue, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. *Herron High School in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA *Herron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1934 Deaths
Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people. * January 26 – A 10-year German–Polish declaration of non-aggression is signed by Nazi Germany and the Second Polish Republic. * January 30 ** In Nazi Germany, the political power of federal states such as Prussia is substantially abolished, by the "Law on the Reconstruction of the Reich" (''Gesetz über den Neuaufbau des Reiches''). ** Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, signs the Gold Reserve Act: all gold held in the Federal Reserve is to be surrendered to the United States Department of the Treasury; immediately following, the President raises the statutory gold price from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1882 Births
Year 188 (CLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in the Roman Empire as the Year of the Consulship of Fuscianus and Silanus (or, less frequently, year 941 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 188 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Publius Helvius Pertinax becomes pro-consul of Africa from 188 to 189. Japan * Queen Himiko (or Shingi Waō) begins her reign in Japan (until 248). Births * April 4 – Caracalla (or Antoninus), Roman emperor (d. 217) * Lu Ji (or Gongji), Chinese official and politician (d. 219) * Sun Shao, Chinese general of the Eastern Wu state (d. 241) Deaths * March 17 – Julian, pope and patriarch of Alexandria * Fa Zhen (or Gaoqing), Chinese scholar (b. AD 100) * Lucius Antistius Burrus, Roman politician (executed) * Ma Xiang, Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
