Myra Reynolds Richards (31 January 1882 – 1934) was an American sculptor and teacher. She was born in

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. She studied at the Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis mainly under Mary Y. Robinson, Roda Selleck, and Otto Stark, J. Ottis Adams, William Forsyth, Clifton Wheeler, Rudolf Schwarz, and George Julian Zolnay. She also studied in New York under Isidore Konti and in

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with Charles Despiau at the Académie Scandinave. She was an instructor of anatomy and modeling class at the Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis from 1918 to 1920. She become the head of department of anatomy and sculpture at Herron Art Institute before her resignation at 1929.

Selected works

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statue, Hancock County Courthouse, Greenfield, Indiana, 1918 * '' Murphy Memorial Drinking Fountain'', at the Carroll County Courthouse, 1918 * '' Pan'', 1923. Richards' Pan was stolen in 1970 and the current work is a replacement. * ''

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'', 1923. Richards'

was stolen in 1959 and the current statue is a replacement. * '' The Bird Boy'', 1924, at the Columbus Central Middle School

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Richards, Myra Reynolds Artists from Indianapolis 1882 births 1934 deaths Herron School of Art and Design faculty 20th-century American sculptors Sculptors from Indiana 20th-century American women sculptors