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

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, Russia on January 11, 1890. She studied in Russia, with

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, and later in Paris, with

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.January 11, 2019 – Brown, Sonia Gordon: 129th birthday
EnthnoPetersburg, этнопетербург.рф, January 9, 2019. Accessed August 24, 2019 She later moved to New York. 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.

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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 {{US-sculptor-stub