Florence Freeman
Florence Freeman (January 14, 1836 – August 8, 1883) was an American sculptor. Freeman was born in Boston, Massachusetts, daughter of Peter Wilder Freeman and Frances Ann Dorr. After studying with Richard Saltonstall Greenough, she went to Italy under the aegis of Charlotte Cushman, and studied for one year in Florence with Hiram Powers.
Florence Freeman
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- Name
- Florence Freeman
- Birth Name
- Ann Florence Freeman
- Born
- January 14, 1836
- Birthplace
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Died
- 8 August 1883
- Place of death
- Rome, Italy
- Field
- Sculpture
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- sculptor · artist
- Fields
- art of sculpture
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Florence Freeman (January 14, 1836 – August 8, 1883) was an American sculptor. Freeman was born in Boston, Massachusetts, daughter of Peter Wilder Freeman and Frances Ann Dorr. After studying with Richard Saltonstall Greenough, she went to Italy under the aegis of Charlotte Cushman, and studied for one year in Florence with Hiram Powers.
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In 1862, she opened a studio in Rome, where she spent her professional life. She executed several bas-reliefs of Dante; a bust of Sandalphon; "The Sleeping Child"; "Thekla, or the Tangled Skein"; and several chimneypieces, one of which, "Children and the Yule Log and Fireside Spirits," was shown at the Centennial exhibition in Philadelphia (1876). Florence (also known as Flori) was a good friend of sculptor Harriet Hosmer, as well as many other artists then residing in Italy, including Emma Stebbins, Margaret Foley, John Rollin Tilton, Edmonia Lewis and Anne Whitney. She died in Rome on August 8, 1883, from consumption (tuberculosis). And was buried in the Protestant Cemetery. Her younger brother James Goldthwaite Freeman of Boston handled her affairs.
White bust of young man with close-cropped curly hair, bare shoulders, and wreath of flowers at curved base of bust. Marble bust of the angel Sandalphon by sculptor Florence Freeman. In his 1858 poem, "Sandalphon," Longfellow described the "Angel of Prayer," who "...gathers the prayers as he stands / And they change into flowers in his hands." The bust was presented to Longfellow on 17 January 187
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• Name — Florence Freeman • Birth Name — Ann Florence Freeman • Born — January 14, 1836 • Birthplace — Boston, Massachusetts • Died — 8 August 1883 • Place of death — Rome, Italy • Field — Sculpture • Illustration — Sandalphon by Florence Freeman
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1836
Florence Freeman born at Boston.
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Florence Freeman died at Rome.
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- Freeman, Florence, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
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