Luella A. Varney Serrao (1865–1935) was an American sculptor. She was known for her portraits of notable Americans.

Biography

Serrao née Varney was born on August 11, 1865 in

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. She moved to

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as a young girl, where she studied at the

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. After high school she moved to

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, Italy where she earned a degree from the University of Rome. In Rome she met Teodoro Serrao whom she married in 1889. They lived in Rome. Upon his death in 1907 she returned to Cleveland. Serrao created portraits of

Susan B. Anthony Susan B. Anthony (born Susan Anthony; February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to s ...

Mary Baker Eddy Mary Baker Eddy (July 16, 1821 – December 3, 1910) was an American religious leader and author who founded The Church of Christ, Scientist, in New England in 1879. She also founded ''The Christian Science Monitor'', a Pulitzer Prize-winning s ...

Julia Ward Howe Julia Ward Howe (; May 27, 1819 – October 17, 1910) was an American author and poet, known for writing the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and the original 1870 pacifist Mother's Day Proclamation. She was also an advocate for abolitionism ...

Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ( ; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26t ...

Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has p ...

and

Henry Mower Rice Henry Mower Rice (November 29, 1816January 15, 1894) was a fur trader and an American politician prominent in the statehood of Minnesota. Early life Henry Rice was born on November 29, 1816, in Waitsfield, Vermont to Edmund Rice and Ellen (Durk ...

. She exhibited her work at the

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. Serrao exhibited her work at the

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and The Woman's Building at the 1893

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in Chicago, Illinois. Her work, “An Archbishop of Odessa” can be found in the Roman Catholic Church in

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. She died in 1935.

Gallery

File:MonroeCountyHallOfJusticeFirstFloorAnthonyBust.jpg, Portrait bust of Susan B. Anthony by Luella A. Varney Serrao, 1884 File:Luella A. Varney Serrao - portrait of Mary Baker Eddy.jpg, Portrait bust of Mary Baker Eddy by Luella A. Varney Serrao, 1889 File:Luella A. Varney Serrao - portrait of Mark Twain.jpg, Portrait bust of Mark Twain by Luella A. Varney Serrao, 1892

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Serrao, Luella A. Varney 1865 births 1935 deaths American women sculptors 19th-century American women artists 20th-century American women artists 19th-century American sculptors 20th-century American sculptors People from Angola, New York Sculptors from New York (state) Artists from Cleveland Sculptors from Ohio Sapienza University of Rome alumni Cleveland School of Art alumni