Caroline Peddle Ball
Caroline Peddle Ball (November 11, 1869 – October 1, 1938) was an American sculptor. She exhibited at both the 1893 Chicago Exposition and the 1900 Paris Exhibition.
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Caroline Peddle Ball

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- Birth Name
- Caroline Peddle
- Born
- 11 November 1869
- Birthplace
- Terre Haute, Indiana, US
- Died
- 1 October 1938
- Place of death
- Harwinton, Connecticut, US
- Education
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Art Students League of New York
- Spouse
- ending in divorce
- Known for
- Sculpture
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Fields
- art of sculpture
- Languages
- English
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Caroline Peddle Ball (November 11, 1869 – October 1, 1938) was an American sculptor. She exhibited at both the 1893 Chicago Exposition and the 1900 Paris Exhibition.
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Caroline Peddle Ball (1869–1938) was an American sculptor. Born in Terre Haute, the sculptor died in Harwinton. Caroline Peddle Ball was active in art of sculpture. Languages used include English.
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• Birth Name — Caroline Peddle • Born — 11 November 1869 • Birthplace — Terre Haute, Indiana, US • Died — 1 October 1938 • Place of death — Harwinton, Connecticut, US • Education — Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Art Students League of New York • Spouse — ending in divorce • Known for — Sculpture
Biography
Biography
Caroline Peddle was born in Terre Haute, Indiana on November 11, 1869. She studied art at the Rose Polytechnic Institute, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. She continued her education at the Art Students League of New York, under Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Kenyon Cox. She was a member of the Guild of Arts and Crafts and of Art Students' League. Peddle Ball worked for the Tiffany Glass Company which exhibited her design at the 1893 Chicago Exposition. In the late 1890s, Peddle Ball traveled to Europe. She was in Florence, Italy from September 1895 to March 1896. She had a studio in Paris for several years beginning in May 1897. She received honorable mention at Paris Exhibition, 1900 the figure "Victory" on the United States building at the Exposition. Additionally she created a memorial fountain at Flushing, Long Island, a medallion portrait of Miss Cox of Terre Haute, a monument to a child in the same city. Peddle Ball returned to the United States in 1902. She maintained a working studio for the rest of her life, specializing in small bronzes depicting children. She died in Harwinton, Connecticut, on October 1, 1938, aged 68.
Family
Family
Caroline Peddle Ball was de younger sister of John B. Peddle. She Ball married Bertrand E. Ball on October 16, 1902. They had one child. The marriage would end in divorce.
Works
Works
• Illustration — Initial sketch for the Isabella quarter, 1893 • Illustration — Gravitation. Medallion, c. 1906 • Illustration — Child with picture book. Figurine, c. 1906
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Child with picture book. Figurine by Caroline Peddle Ball
Sculpture by Caroline Peddle Ball · This image has been extracted from another file
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Terre Haute.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q19878937: Caroline Peddle Ball
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- “Caroline Peddle Ball”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Smithsonian. Abbott Handerson Thayer letter and drawings to Caroline Peddle Ball, [ca. 1890-1893].
- 2.Caroline Peddle Ball Collection. Vigo County Public Library.
- 3.Nichols, K.L. Caroline Peddle Ball (1869 - 1938). Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893.
- 4.Waters, Clara Erskine Clement. Women in the Fine Arts: From the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. Houghton, Mifflin. 25–. 1904.
- 5.Sculpture of a Girl with Book by Caroline Peddle Ball. Bronze Gallery.
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