biographie de Betti RICHARD (1916-2005)

Birth place: NYC

Addresses: NYC

Profession: Sculptor

Studied: ASL; Paul Manship.

Exhibited: All. Artists Ann., 1942-71; S. Indp. A., 1942-43; NAD Ann., 1944-71; NSS Ann., 1947-72; Third Int. Exh., PMA, 1949; PAFA Ann., 1949; Fall Exh. Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria, 1954. Awards: Barnett Prize, NAD, 1947; gold medal for sculpture, All. Artists Am., 1956; John Gregory Award, NSS, 1960.

Member: NSS (fellow; secy., 1971-); Arch. Lg. NY (vice-pres. sculpture, 1961-63); All. Artists Am.; Nat. Arts Club; Audubon Artists.

Work: Phoenix (AZ) Art Mus.; San Joachin Pioneer Mus. & Haggin Art Gals., Stockton, CA; Melick Lib., Eureka (IL) College; Hackley Sch., Tarrytown, NY; Rosary Hill College, Buffalo, NY. Commissions: St. Francis Statue, St. Francis of Assisi Church, New York, 1957; marble statue of Our Lady, House Theology, Centerville, OH, 1958; St. John Baptiste de la Salle, St. John Vianney Sem., E. Aurora, NY, 1963; busts of Mozart & Wagner, Metrop. Opera, New York, 1963 & 1970; Cardinal Gibbons Mem., Baltimore, MD, 1967.

Comments: Preferred medium: bronze.

Sources: WW73; Jacques Schnier, Sculpture in Modern America (Univ. Calif. Press, 1949); Norman Kent, The Sculpture of Betti Richard," Am. Artist Magazine; Falk, Exh. Record Series.