Evelyn Beatrice Longman
Evelyn Beatrice Longman ( born November 21, 1874 in Winchester, Ohio; † March 1954 in Cape Cod, Massachusetts) was an American sculptor in the early 20th century. She was the first female member of the National Academy of Design.
Life
Evelyn Beatrice was the daughter of Edwin Henry Longman and his wife Clara Delitia Adnam. With 14 years she worked as a shop assistant in Chicago and at the World Columbian Exposition in 1893, she was inspired by the sculptures of the sculptor. Shortly thereafter, Longman visited the Olivet College in Michigan and later she received a scholarship to study at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. In 1901, Longman moved to New York City, where she assisted with the sculptors Hermon Atkins MacNeil and Daniel Chester French. 1904 was St. Louis both host the Olympic Games and the world fair - in the Longman debuted with their male statue Victory.
About her work learned Longman her future husband Nathaniel Horton Batchelder, headmaster of the Loomis Chaffee School, and married him in 1920 in Windsor, Connecticut. After her husband retired, the couple moved to Cape Cod where she opened her studio and was a respected and honored sculptor in the United States.