Blanche Nevin

Blanche Nevin
Blanche Nevin
Born1841 (1841)
Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died1925 (aged 83–84)
NationalityAmerican
EducationPennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Royal Art Academy in Venice
Known forSculpture

Blanche Nevin (1841–1925) was an American artist and poet. She is considered America's first noteworthy woman sculptor,[by whom?] and is best known for her sculpture of Revolutionary War General Peter Muhlenberg in the U.S. Capitol's National Statuary Hall Collection.[1]

  1. ^ Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.): Finding aid to the Blanche Nevin Collection, 1905–1940