Frances M. Goodwin Explained

Frances M. Goodwin
Birth Place:	Newcastle, Indiana
Death Place:	Newcastle, Indiana
Nationality:	American
Education:	Indiana Art Association Chicago Art Institute Art Students League of New York
Field:	Sculpture

Frances M. Goodwin (1855–1929) was an American sculptor born in Newcastle, Indiana. Goodwin began her studies in Indianapolis, briefly studying at the Indiana Art Association, and then at the Chicago Art Institute^[1] where she studied with Lorado Taft and then at the Art Students League under Daniel Chester French.^[2]

Her statue representing "Education" was exhibited at the 1893 Columbian Exposition, in the Indiana State Building.^[3]

She died in Newcastle, Indiana, the town in which she was born, in 1929.

Selected works

• Bust of Vice President Schuyler Colfax, marble, (ca. 1897) United States Capitol, District of Columbia^[4]
• Bust of Benjamin Parker, Henry County Historical Society, New Castle, Indiana
• Robert Dale Owen, Indiana State House, Indianapolis, Indiana, (1911) The bust disappeared in the 1970s^[5]
• Eve, created with Robert William Davidson, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, first exhibited at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair^[6]
• bust of Captain Everett, Riverhead Cemetery, New York^[7]

Notes and References

1. Book: The Indianian. 248. Frances M Goodwin 'education statue.. 22 July 1898. Indiana Trustees' Association. Internet Archive.
2. Petteys, Chris, “Dictionary of Women Artists: An international dictionary of women artists born before 1900”, G.K. Hall & Co., Boston, 1985 p.289
3. Web site: Nichols . K. L. . Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893. 18 January 2019.
4. Architect of the Capitol Under the Direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, Compilation of Works of Art and Other Objects in the United States Capitol, United States Government Printing Office, Washington 1965 p. 172
5. Greiff, Glory-June, Remembrance, Faith & Fancy: Outdoor Public Sculpture in Indiana, Indian Historical Society Press, Indianapolis, 2005 p.165
6. Web site: Eve. Robert William. Davidson. Frances M.. Goodwin. 22 July 2018. siris-artinventories.si.edu Library Catalog.
7. Opitz, Glenn B, Editor, Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Book, Poughkeepsie NY, 1986 p. 335