Myra Musselman-Carr Explained

Myra Musselman-Carr
Birth Date:	November 27, 1871
Birth Place:	Georgetown, Kentucky, US
Education:	Art Academy of Cincinnati, Art Students League
Field:	Sculpture
Spouse:	Charles Bateman^[1]

Myra Musselman-Carr (November 27, 1871 – 1929) was an American sculptor born in Georgetown, Kentucky.^{[2] [3]}

She studied first at the Art Academy of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio, then in New York City at the Art Students League and finally with Antoine Bourdelle in Paris. She is believed to have been an early proponent of the direct carving method of sculpting. Around 1915 to 1917 she founded the Modern Art School in New York and taught sculpture there, alongside co-founders and painting teachers Marguerite Zorach and William Zorach.^{[4] [5]}

Armory Show of 1913

Musselman-Carr was one of the artists who exhibited at this important show which included two of her bronze statuettes entitled Electra ($50) and Indian grinding corn ($40).^[6]

Musselman-Carr was a member of the Woodstock Artists Association.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Myra V. Musselman-Carr (1880-?). Artprice. 26 June 2017.
2. Petteys, Chris, Dictionary of Women Artists, G K Hill & Co. publishers, 1985
3. Web site: Myra V. Musselman-Carr - Biography . 2024-04-25 . www.askart.com.
4. Rubenstein, Charlotte Streifer, American Women Sculptors: A History of Women Working in Three Dimensions, G. K. Hall and Co. Boston, 1990, p.240
5. Book: Vasseur . Dominique H. . Edna Boies Hopkins: Strong in Character, Colorful in Expression . 2007 . Ohio University Press . 978-0-8214-1769-0 . 18.
6. Brown, Milton W., The Story of the Armory Show, The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1963, p. 228