Clio Hinton Bracken
Born1875
Rhinebeck, New York, U.S.
Died1925 (aged 4950)
NationalityAmerican
Known forSculpture

Clio Hinton Bracken (1870–1925) was an American sculptor.

A native of Rhinebeck, New York, Bracken studied with Augustus Saint-Gaudens.[1]

Her mother Lucy Brownson Hinton was a painter and sculptor, and she shared studio space with her cousin, Roland Hinton Perry.[2]

She was known for her portraits, including those of such figures as John J. Pershing, John C. Frémont,[1] Henri Farré,[3] and Gabriele d'Annunzio.[4]

Her studio was located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York.[5]

A statue of Chloe is in the collection of Brookgreen Gardens, a sculpture garden and wildlife preserve in South Carolina.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Heller, Jules; Heller, Nancy G. (December 19, 2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-63882-5.
  2. 1 2 Salmon, Robin R. (2009). Sculpture of Brookgreen Gardens. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 85–. ISBN 978-0-7385-6656-6.
  3. Gallatin, Albert Eugene (1919). Art and the Great War. E. P. Dutton. pp. 49–.
  4. Flying. Flying Association at the Office of the Aero Club of America. 1920. pp. 13–.
  5. Good Furniture. Dean-Hicks Company. 1918. pp. 53–.
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