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One Of The First Professional Sculptors In Texas: Elisabet Ney
ELISABET NEY (January 26, 1833–June 29, 1907) In the south foyer of the Texas State Capitol stand two life-sized statues: one of Sam Houston, the other of Stephen F. Austin. These men helped shape the state of Texas, but their marble likenesses were shaped by the hands of Elisabet Ney—one of the state’s most talented and determined artists.Ney was born in Prussia in 1833, when ladies were expected merely to dabble in art, certainly not study... Read More