Scudder, Janet : 1873-1940

Janet Scudder (1873-1940)
American sculptor, was born at Terre Haute, Indiana.  She studied art at Cincinnati, Chicago, and Paris.  She became known for her fountain and garden figures, usually featuring children or small animals.

Among her best known are “Frog Fountain” at the New York Metropolitan Museum, “Tortoise Fountain” at the Peabody Museum, Philadelphia, and “Fighting Boys Fountain” at the Chicago Art Institute.

She was the first American woman to have an example of her work purchased by the Luxembourg Gallery in Paris.

~ The Lincoln Library of Essential Information, Volume 2, Thirty-Fifth Edition, 1972, Biography, Page 1969.

You can visit the memorial page for Janet Scudder.