In the early part of the thirties women artists who had worked quietly
for years began to exhibit more often in New York and others received recognition in America for the first time. Between 1930 and 1932, five women artists were elected to the prestigious National Institute of Arts and Letters. Before this time, the Institute had had only one female artist member, Anna Hyatt Huntington.
A Biography of Georgia O’Keeffe by Laurie Lisle p. 253
Anna Hyatt Huntington (1876 – 1973) was an American sculptor who was once among New York City’s most prominent sculptors. At a time when very few women were successful artists, she had a thriving career. Anna exhibited often, traveled widely, received critical acclaim at home and abroad, and won awards and commissions.
She and her husband, Archer Huntington, heir to a railroad fortune, established Brookgreen Gardens, the first public sculpture garden in the United States.
During the first two decades of the 20th century, she became famous for her animal sculptures, which combine vivid emotional depth with skillful realism. In 1915, she created the first public monument by a woman in New York City, outside of Central Park: Her Joan of Arc, located on Riverside Drive at 93rd Street, is also the city’s first monument dedicated to a historical woman.
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