Gertrude Colburn
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Gertrude Colburn was an American dancer and sculptor (died 1968).
She was teacher of dance from 1916 to 1931 at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, and she only took up sculpting after she had an accident. Her sculptures, often depict dancers in motion, and were created in bronze, plaster, and ceramics, in a broadly Art Deco style.
Her plaster-cast of the hands of the Swiss-born American artist Adolfo Müller-Ury
(1862–1947) is today in the Preservation Society of Newport County, Rhode Island. It was formerly in the collection of the radio soprano Jessica Dragonette
and the University of Wyoming at Laramie.
In the 1930s she lived at 380 Riverside Drive, New York City.
She was teacher of dance from 1916 to 1931 at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, and she only took up sculpting after she had an accident. Her sculptures, often depict dancers in motion, and were created in bronze, plaster, and ceramics, in a broadly Art Deco style.
Her plaster-cast of the hands of the Swiss-born American artist Adolfo Müller-Ury
Adolfo Müller-Ury
Adolfo Muller-Ury was a Swiss-born American portrait painter and impressionistic painter of roses and still life.-Heritage and early life in Switzerland:...
(1862–1947) is today in the Preservation Society of Newport County, Rhode Island. It was formerly in the collection of the radio soprano Jessica Dragonette
Jessica Dragonette
Jessica Dragonette was a singer who became popular on American radio and was active in the World War II effort.-Early life and career:...
and the University of Wyoming at Laramie.
In the 1930s she lived at 380 Riverside Drive, New York City.