Biografie von Adah Isaacs MENKEN (1835-1868)

Birth place: New Orleans, LA

Death place: France

Addresses: New Orleans, active c.1859

Profession: Sculptor

Studied: A.Barye, Paris; Columbus, OH

Comments: A world-renowned stage actress, she was also a poet and sculptor. When French sculptor Andre De Beauville visited New Orleans, she learned to model clay figures which she then worked in stone.

Sources: Encyclopaedia of New Orleans Artists, 260.