Edith Woodman Burroughs

Edith Woodman Burroughs (1871 in Riverdale-on-Hudson, New York – January 6, 1916 in Flushing, Queens) was an American sculptor.

[1] In 1893 she married artist Bryson Burroughs,[2] the future curator of paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

[4] In 1907 she won the Shaw Memorial Prize front the National Academy of Design for a work Circe that was subsequently shown at a major exhibit in Baltimore.

[7] Her Fountain of Youth figure, showing the sweet tenderness, a maidenly loveliness[8] won a silver medal at the Expo.

Burroughs has four pieces in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection from her early 20th century work: her 1908 John La Farge, 1909 Grolier Club Memorial of Edgar Allan Poe, 1911 Roger Fry, which was attributed by the Metropolitan for showcasing her skills in expressive surface modeling, as well as her 1912 At the Threshold.

Fountain of Youth originally presented at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition (P.P.I.E.), held in San Francisco in 1915
Portrait of John Bigelow , Armory Show, 1913
Nude
John La Farge , bronze sculpture, 1908, Metropolitan Museum of Art