Sonia Gordon Brown (russian: Соня Гордон Браун; January 11, 1890–c. 1965) was a Russian-American sculptor.
Sonia Gordon Brown, née Sonia F. Rosental, was born in
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
, Russia on January 11, 1890.
She studied in Russia, with
Nikolay Andreyev
Nikolay Andreyevich Andreyev (russian: Николай Андреевич Андреев; – 24 December 1932) was a Russian sculptor, graphic artist and stage designer. As a young man Andreyev studied with Sergey Volnukhin and in 1902 became ...
and
Valentin Serov
Valentin Alexandrovich Serov (russian: Валенти́н Алекса́ндрович Серо́в; 19 January 1865 – 5 December 1911) was a Russian painter and one of the premier portrait artists of his era.
Life and work
Youth and educ ...
, and later in Paris, with
Antoine Bourdelle
Antoine Bourdelle (30 October 1861 – 1 October 1929), born Émile Antoine Bordelles, was an influential and prolific French sculptor and teacher. He was a student of Auguste Rodin, a teacher of Giacometti and Henri Matisse, and an important fi ...
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Brown served as president of the New York Society of Women Artists in 1927.
Her work is included in the permanent collection of the
Whitney Museum of Modern Art.
References
Women artists from the Russian Empire
20th-century American women artists
20th-century American artists
American women sculptors
1890s births
1966 deaths
Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States
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