Ethel Myers | |
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 Ethel Myers, 1908 | |
| Born | Lillian Cochran August 23, 1881 |
| Died | May 24, 1960 (aged 78) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | The Chase School, New York School of Art |
| Known for | Sculpture, Drawings, Paintings, Entrepreneur, Fashion Designer, Educator, Lecturer |
| Notable work | The Matron, The Gambler (Joe Johnson), Florence Reed, Encounter, Ambulance Call |
| Movement | New York Realists, Ashcan School |
| Spouse | Jerome Myers |
Mae Ethel Klinck Myers (August 23, 1881 – May 24, 1960), better known as Ethel Myers, was a New York Realist artist and sculptor strongly influenced in her work by the goals of the Ashcan School and its leader and famous teacher, Robert Henri. Her earliest subjects for pictures involved her capturing the life of the Lower East Side as well as journeying to slums in other cities such as Boston. Her greatest fame came some years later, after her marriage to New York artist Jerome Myers, when she became known for her figurative bronze statuettes and figurines "with a quite uncommon sense of humor, and with more than this, a feeling for form and movement that gives them life and conviction."[1][2] "Her three powerfully expressed sculptured figurines impress this reviewer with the fact that she is worthy of a place alongside of Daumier, Meunier and Mahonri Young."[3]
