Elisabet Ney: Herrin ihrer Kunst. Bildhauerin in Europa und Amerika

RommÃ, Barbara: Elisabet Ney: Herrin ihrer Kunst. Bildhauerin in Europa und Amerika. 2008. 301pp with 301 colour and monochrome illustrations. Boards. 30x21.5cms. Ney 1833-1907 was the first female artist to study sculpture at the Munich Academy, she is largely known for her portrait busts. Commissions by well-known figures such as Schopenhauer, Alexander von Humboldt, Justus von Liebig, Bismarck, Garibaldi, King George V and Ludwig II of Bavaria enabled her to have an independent life as an artist. Following her marriage to Edmund Montgomery she was based in the United States from 1871 with her studio in the remote natural setting of Hyde Park, Austin, Texas. Text in German.

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Ney 1833-1907 was the first female artist to study sculpture at the Munich Academy, she is largely known for her portrait busts. Commissions by well-known figures such as Schopenhauer, Alexander von Humboldt, Justus von Liebig, Bismarck, Garibaldi, King George V and Ludwig II of Bavaria enabled her to have an independent life as an artist. Following her marriage to Edmund Montgomery she was based in the United States from 1871 with her studio in the remote natural setting of Hyde Park, Austin, Texas. Text in German