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Eve (Davidson)
''Eve'' is an outdoor sculpture of the biblical Eve created by Robert William Davidson in 1931. It is currently located in a fountain at Ball Nurses' Sunken Garden and Convalescent Park on the campus of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). The overall dimensions of this bronze sculpture are 5’ tall, 2’ long, and 1’ wide. Description ''Eve'' is a sculpture of a nude female figure standing on a circular bronze base which measures 17" in diameter and 2" tall. The figure is standing with her proper left foot pointed forward and her proper right foot is perpendicular to the left, pointing right. Her arms are crossed behind her head and she is looking down and to her left. Her hairstyle is such that all of her forehead and both of her ears are visible. “Robert Davidson" is visible on the proper left side of the top of the base. Information The statue was nicknamed "Flo" for Florence Nightingale by the Indiana University School of Nursing students. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert William Davidson
Robert William Davidson (1904–1982) was an American sculptor. Davidson was born in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1904. He was an apprentice to his father, Oscar Davidson, also an artist. He studied sculpture at the John Herron Art Institute (now the Herron School of Art), the Art Institute of Chicago, the School of American Sculpture in New York City, and the Bavarian Fine Arts Academy in Munich, Germany. His paternal lineage is traced to the early 17th century, the beginning of the colonies. Davidson's wife, Maryetta Mauck, was an Indiana ceramic art, ceramics artist and they both graduated from the John Herron Art Institute in 1926. They moved to Saratoga Springs, New York where Davidson taught art at Skidmore College from 1934 to 1972. He moved to Saratoga under the intention of creating the sculptures for the Hall of Springs yet through an unfortunate event, the man spearheading this project died, and the offer was not respected. So, Davidson never fulfilled this job, howeve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |