Frances M. Goodwin (1855–1929) was an American sculptor born in Newcastle, Indiana. Goodwin began her studies in Indianapolis, briefly studying at the Indiana Art Association, and then at the Chicago Art Institute where she studied with Lorado Taft and then at the Art Students League under Daniel Chester French.Petteys, Chris, “Dictionary of Women Artists: An international dictionary of women artists born before 1900”, G.K. Hall & Co., Boston, 1985 p.289
Her statue representing "Education" was exhibited at the 1893 Columbian Exposition, in the Indiana State Building.
She died in Newcastle, Indiana, the town in which she was born, in 1929.
Selected works
Bust of Vice President Schuyler Colfax, marble, (ca. 1897) United States Capitol, District of ColumbiaArchitect of the Capitol Under the Direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, Compilation of Works of Art and Other Objects in the United States Capitol, United States Government Printing Office, Washington 1965 p. 172 Bust of Benjamin Parker, Henry County Historical Society, New Castle, Indiana Robert Dale Owen, Indiana State House, Indianapolis, Indiana, (1911) The bust disappeared in the 1970sGreiff, Glory-June, Remembrance, Faith & Fancy: Outdoor Public Sculpture in Indiana, Indian Historical Society Press, Indianapolis, 2005 p.165 Eve, created with Robert William Davidson, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, first exhibited at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair bust of Captain Everett, Riverhead Cemetery, New YorkOpitz, Glenn B, Editor, Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Book, Poughkeepsie NY, 1986 p. 335
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