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Terms: Elisabet Ney (1016), Elisabet Ney Museum (392), Elisabet Ney Sculpture Conservatory (37), Elisabet Ney Conservatory (3), Elizabeth Ney (118), Austin Sculpture Center (41),  Ney, Elisabet (32), 

Elisabet Ney Museum - www.ElisabetNey.Org - The Museum is the former studio and portrait collection created by nineteenth-century sculptor Elisabet Ney. Biography, Works, Bibliography  

Books about Elisabet Ney

The Art of the Woman The Life and Work of Elisabet Ney (Women in the West) by Emily Fourmy Cutrer - Editorial Reviews, Customer Reviews

Marble Dust The Life of Elisabet Ney An Interpretation by Marjorie Goar

Elisabet Ney Sculptor of American Heroes by Marjorie Von Rosenberg 

Elisabet Ney Elementary - Elisabet Ney Elementary was the first school in Lake Jackson.   The Pioneers of Lake Jackson refer to this school as the "Little School That Grew and Grew!"  In 1961, the Lake Jackson Primary School was officially named Elisabet Ney Elementary after the famous Texas sculptress.  

Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Manuscript Collections (512) 471-9119 - Found UT Center for Women's Studies

  • Ney, Elisabet 1833-1907 U.S. sculptor; artist; writer 13
  • Eugene C Barker Texas History Center - Ney, Elisabet, Papers. 1859-1939. 1 ft.; manuscript. Correspondence documenting the career of Ney (1833-1907), sculptress, whose commissions included statues of Stephen F. Austin, Sam Houston, and General Albert Sidney Johnston.

Smithsonian - [Search Archival, Manuscripts & Photographic Collections Catalog] - Learn More About This Collection

Dorothy Sloan- Rare Books - Past Auctions - 

  • Auction 6 (January 10, 1998) - Lots 61-70- Montana Territory — Ney, Elisabet
    • 69. NEY, Elisabet (1833-1907). Archive of 65 manuscripts, letters, typescripts, and printed materials written by and about the noted sculptress. Texas, Germany, etc., 1894-1924. Approximately 329 pages, various sizes. Very good to very fine. Original autograph material by Ney rarely appears on the market.  ... This extremely important archive contains Ney's holographic copy book kept during her trip to Germany in the 1890s; contracts for major sculptural works; lectures on art and aesthetics; supplementary material on Ney's life by her only student, Nannie Huddle; 25 newspaper clippings (1899-1965). Sold $4600
    • 70. NEY, Elisabet (1833-1907). Plaster circular medallion with bas-relief bust portrait of Ella Dancy Dibrell. 21.8 cm. (8-11/16 inches) in diameter; 2 cm. (7/8 inch) thick. Signed with incised letters on rim: "Elisabet Ney Sc. Seguin Tex. 1900." Fine, in contemporary round gilt frame. ... A graceful sculptural portrait, displaying the artist’s delicate, yet strong and realistic style. Ella Dancy Dibrell, the subject of this beautiful portrait, was from Austin and a close friend of Elisabet Ney.
  • Auction 4 Lots 133-151
    • 148. NEY, Elisabet. Plaster cast, circular medallion with bas-relief bust portrait of a Renaissance woman, lettered VXOR BERNARDVS BARBIGE NONII[]STROZA - image
    • 149. NEY, Elisabet. Autograph letter, signed, to Mr. & Mrs. W. Graham. Formosa, Hyde Park, Austin, Texas, February 29, 1900. 2 pp., 4to, on pictorial stationery (with half-tone illustration of Ney’s studio, Formosa), written in pencil, recipient’s manuscript note on p. [3].

Elisabet Ney - Article and Photographs by Sharon Boynton, Published by John Robert Boynton

Galveston and Texas History Center - Vertical Files - NEY, ELISABET

Humanities Interactive - Elisabet Ney in her Austin Studio - Larger Image

Texas State Historical Association - The Handbook of Texas Online - Elisabet Ney Museum History (excellent article, no links)

Richardson Independent School District - Texas Biographies (no info online)

National Register of Historical Places - TEXAS (TX), Travis County

  • Ney, Elisabet, Studio and Museum ** (added 1972 - Building - #72001374) Also known as Formosa 304 E. 44th St., Austin

Museums USA Home - Elisabet Ney Museum (good profile)

Nederland (TX) ISD - Elisabet Ney (Article by unknown author)

Elisabet Ney (1833-1907) - Article.  Both Ney and Edmund Montgomery are buried at the Liendo plantation near Hempstead. - Lone Star Junction - A Texas and Texas History Resource

National Museum of Women in the Arts - Library and Research Center

Women Artists Through Time (9-19th Century) (links) - 20th Century

Women Artists (no reference) - Links

Women In American History - Ney, Elisabet 

Women Artists in History (no reference at this time)

Artists Monographs M-S - Cutrer, Emily Fourmy. The Art of the Woman: The Life and Work of Elisabet Ney. Lincoln: U NE Press, 1988. Cloth; 270pp; 39 photographs of Ney's sculpture. Born in Germany, Ney settled in Texas. Bibliographical essay. F/F. #c3374.

Elizabeth Johns, Visiting Fellow - "A Second-rate rebel," Emily F. Cutrer, The Art of the Woman: The Life and Work of Elisabet Ney (Lincoln and London, 1988), The Times Literary Supplement no. 4,481 (February 17-23, 1989):160.

Multi-Cultural - ELISABET NEY: Sculptor of American Heroes By Marjorie von Rosenberg. Explains the life of the German sculptress who selected Texas as home. Paperback ISBN 0-89015-993-9  64 pages, 8½ x 11. illustrated.
Reading Level: 4.4

Texas Musicians and Artist Site - Southwest Artists - Ney, Elisabet (1833-1907); Variant-name: Franzisca Bernadina Wilhelmina Elisabet Ney; Active: 1893 1904; State: Texas; Note: Born in Europe / Died in Texas; Skill: Sculptor; Exhibited: E010 U.S.C.B. T.S.C.B.; Represented: U.S.C.B. T.S.A.C. N.E.Y. W.I.T.T.; Listed: 522 520 474 F 534; Rating: 15

UBC Library - MARION  Ney, Elisabet, 1833-1907

Architect of the Capitol - National Statuary Hall Collection Sculptors

Ney, Elisabet, 1833-1907 Elisabet Ney, full-length portrait, standing by sculpture, facing slightly right.  

e-history's Geographic Places in Texas-T - Ney, Elisabet, Studio and Museum--Austin (Travis)

Austin About.Com - Famous Women in Austin History

  • Ney, Elisabet - Her studio in Austin is now a museum. Her sculptures grace both our State Capitol and our National Capitol. Here is a brief biography.

ARTS Ed Staff - Elena Ronquillo, Arts Ed Director - Program Coordinator for the Elisabet Ney Museum in Austin, TX,

Philosophy of History - Ney's Home and Studio

The Capitol Project at the University of Virginia - Listing of Sculptures - 

The Texas Society of Sculptors - Austin Sculpture Center (formerly The Elisabet Ney Sculpture Conservatory) offers sculpting classes. Contact: asc@tsos.org or (512) 371-7606 in Austin Texas USA.

Webshots Community - Elisabet Ney Classes - pictures of polymer class figurative sculpture classes taught by Leslie Hancock at the Elisabet Ney Sculpture Conservatory

Artists Harvest - Fine Arts Exhibit and Sale - Austin, TX - The first grant in 1986 went to Elisabet Ney Sculpture Conservatory in Austin to purchase a kiln for its sculpture students.

Kelly Borsheim, Borsheim Arts Studio - In late 1994, she began to study sculpture at the Elisabet Ney Sculpture Conservatory (now called the Austin Sculpture Center).  Contact: sculptor@borsheimarts.com  or (512) 303-3929 in Cedar Creek Texas USA - Sculptural Anatomy Class by Artist Kelly Borsheim

Sculptor Beth Perry Schoen has studied at the Elisabet Ney Sculpture Conservatory in Austin, Texas, with Bobby Pearl and Master Sculptor Edna Bargar Connor. 

A Guide for Austin Visitors - Elisabet Ney Museum (bio and history, directions)Austin Museum Partnership - AMP Museum Tour Elisabet Ney Museum

Artcom Museums Tour - Elizabet Ney Museum

Elisabet Ney Museum profile - Local hotels, festivals, schools, colleges, newspapers - ePodunk

captain's page - Some of my favorite Austin Parks and Places

AllLinked.Com - Ney's Prometheus, Ney Tribute, Ney's Legacy in Hyde Park, Virtually Hyde Park

Metropolitan Austin Interactive Network - MAIN.org - A-G - The Elisabet Ney Museum

Austin Texas (Texas Cities) - Elisabet Ney Museum - Art Museums

AustinTexas Attractions, recreation, Things to do, Austin TX - Elisabet Ney Museum

Canvas Magazine Texas Museums - Elisabet Ney Museum (Texas Handbook) - 

Links to Mystery and Classical sites - Elisabet Ney and her Austin sculpture studio, Formosa (now the Elisabet Ney Museum), the site of a crucial scene in Steven’s novel, A Twist at the End.

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