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Vinnie Ream: An American Sculptor
Vinnie Ream: An American Sculptor
Vinnie Ream: An American Sculptor
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Vinnie Ream: An American Sculptor

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An intriguing biography of the American woman sculptor and Civil War–era Washington, DC, fixture.

One of America’s least known and most controversial women artists of the Civil War era was Vinnie Ream, who sculpted a bust of Abraham Lincoln from life when she was only sixteen years old and had almost no artistic training.

She was able, through clever maneuvering and dogged determination, to achieve a commission from the Congress for a life-sized statue of the assassinated president—this despite the very real animus against women artists at that time, which is apparent in the heated arguments against granting her the Lincoln commission—arguments spearheaded in the Senate by Charles Sumner of Massachusetts.

Steeped in the history of her time, Vinnie Ream was involved with dozens of senators and congressmen and other powerful men—not least of all Generals Sherman and Custer—and her studio on Capitol Hill became a legendary stopping place for many admirers and tourists. Her statue of Lincoln stands in the rotunda of the capitol building; her statue of Admiral Farragut stands in a Washington, DC, park; other works are in Statuary Hall and various museums. This is an engaging biography of a spirited female artist, and an effective portrait of Washington, DC, in the Civil War era.

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 “Ream’s intellect, artistic talents, indomitable will, seductiveness, and grand ambitions were already evident when she was a teenager newly arrived in Washington, D.C. in 1861. . . . Endlessly intriguing. . . . Kudos to Cooper for resurrecting Ream and enriching so vividly the history of women in art.” —Booklist

“A sharply focused biography, which skillfully exploits unpublished papers, journals and scrapbooks of Vinnie Ream.” —New York Review of Books
    LanguageEnglish
    Release dateJun 1, 2009
    ISBN9780897339643
    Vinnie Ream: An American Sculptor
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    Edward Cooper

    Dr.Edward Cooper received his veterinary degree from the University of Pennsylvania followed by a small animal rotating internship at Michigan State University. He then completed a residency in small animal emergency and critical care and obtained a Master of Science degree in veterinary clinical sciences care at the Ohio State University (thesis "Evaluation of Hyperviscous Fluid Resuscitation in a Canine Model of Hemorrhagic Shock: A Randomized, Controlled Study"). After completing his residency and successfully obtaining board certification in Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, Dr Cooper accepted a faculty position at the Ohio State University, and currently holds the position of Professor - Clinical. In addition, he has served as section head for the small animal emergency and critical care service at the Ohio State University Veterinary Medical Center since 2010. Dr Cooper's principle clinical and research interests include fluid therapy, shock resuscitation, hemodynamic monitoring, and feline urinary obstruction.

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