Biografie von Gertrude Katherine LATHROP (1896-1986)

Birth place: Albany, NY

Addresses: Albany, NY, -1947; Falls Village, CT, 1970s-on

Profession: Sculptor, medalist

Studied: ASL; Sch. Am. Sculpture; also with Solon Borglum & Charles Grafly.

Exhibited: AIC; PAFA Ann., 1922-48 frequently; NAD (Saltus Gold Medal for merit, 1928, 1931, 1936, 1970); NAWA, 1930 (award); Albany Inst Hist & Art, 1957 (solo), 1966 (solo); Woodmere Art Gal., Phila., Pa., 1963 (solo); All. Artists Am., 1964 (med.); Pen & Brush Club, 1967 (silver)

Member: NAWA; A.N.A., 1933; NA; NIAL; Nat. Sculpture Soc.; Soc. Medalists; Am. Numismatic Soc.

Work: Houston Pub. Libr., Tex.; Albany Pub. Libr., NY; NY State Teachers Col.; Smithsonian Inst., Wash., DC; Brookgreen Gardens, SC. Commissions: war mem., Mem. Grove, Albany NY; wrought-iron grille, Detroit Pub. Lib.; commemorative half-dollar, Albany, 1936 & New Rochelle, NY, 1937; medals, Brookgreen Gardens, 1946; Garden Cl. Am., 1942, 1950, Hispanic Soc. Am., 1950, Mariners' Mus., 1954, NY State Univ. Hall of Fame, 1962, 1966 & Nat. Steeplechase & Hunt Assn., 1964

Comments: Primarily an animal sculptor and a medalist.

Sources: WW73; WW47; Rubinstein, American Women Sculptors, 170-71; Falk, Exh. Record Series.