Vinnie Ream Hoxie

Copied from “Who's Who in America” (corrected to date), by Richard L. Hoxie.

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Hoxie, Vinnie Ream, sculptor, b. (Ream) Madison, Wis. Attended Christian College, Columbia, Missouri. Studied art in Paris, France, under Bonnat, and in Rome, Italy, with Majoli. Received her first commission from Congress for a statue of Abraham Lincoln which is now in the Rotunda of the Capitol in Washington. Later Congress commissioned her to make the statue of Admiral Farragut which now stands in Farragut Square. Executed ideal statues of “Miriam,” “The West,” “Sappho,” “The Spirit of the Carnival,” &ldquolThe Indian Girl,” and ideal heads of “America,” “The Morning Glory,” “The Passion Flower,” “The Violet,” etc.; also a bust of President Lincoln for Cornell University, one of Mayor Powell, now in the City Hall, Brooklyn, a bust of the Indian chief, Sequoyah, and others. Has modeled from life portrait busts or medallions of President Lincoln, Thaddeus Stevens, John Sherman, Ezra Cornell, Horace Greeley, Peter Cooper, Elihu B. Washburn, Wm. G. Brownlow, J. W. Nesmith, D. W. Voorhees,L. Q. C. Lamar, E. G. Ross, John H. Rice, E. C. Boudinot, Gen. J. C. Fremont, Gen. Geo. B. McCllellan and other prominent Americans; and of Cardinal Antonelli, Pere Hyacinth; of Spurgeon in his temple; of Kaulbach and Dore in their studios; of Franz Liszt, and others. Commissioned by the State of Iowa to make a statue in bronze of Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood, to be placed in the National Capitol. Married Lieut. Richard L. Hoxie, U. S. Engineers (now Brig.-Gen. U. S. Army). Address 1632 K Street N. W., Washington, D. C.

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Vinnie Ream Hoxie, Who's Who in America, in Vinnie Ream: printed for private distribution only; and to preserve a few souvenirs of artist life from 1865 to 1878 by Richard L. Hoxie, 1908, page 57.

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See also: Vinnie Ream Hoxie, Who's Who in America, 1903-1905, John W. Leonard ed, page 739, Digitized by Google.