Lydia Bush-Brown Head

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Lydia Bush-Brown Head (1887–1984) was an American painter and designer.

Born in Florence, Lydia Bush-Brown was the daughter of sculptor Henry Kirke Bush-Brown and his wife, the painter Margaret. She grew up near Newburgh, New York, prior to attending the Pratt Institute from 1906 until 1908; she also studied with Ralph Johonnot before keeping a studio in Greenwich Village until 1911. She then moved for a time to Washington, D.C., returning permanently to New York City in 1919. In 1926 she married Francis Head.

Head was best known for her silk batik wall-hangings, but she also created paintings. She directed art programs for the Luther Gulick Camps and the Camp Fire Girls, and during World War I served as an occupational therapist for the wounded in both France and the United States. She traveled widely, which provided the source for many of her subjects, and she exhibited throughout the United States and abroad during her career. She belonged to the Arts and Crafts Society of New York City, the National Arts Club, the Civic Club, the Arts Club of Washington, the Philadelphia Art Alliance, and the Arts and Crafts Society of Boston.

Head donated a number of items to the Cooper-Hewitt National Museum of Design of the Smithsonian Institution, and a number of her pieces are in the collection as well, donated by others. Between 1968 and 1978 she donated a collection of her family's papers to Smith College.

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BUSH-BROWN, HENRY KIRKE

Sculptor; b. Ogdensburg, N. Y., April 21, 1857; s. Robert W. and Caroline (Udall) Bush, ed. Newburgh, N.Y.; studied art with Henry K. Brown, and in Paris with Antoine. Mercie;

m. , April 7, 1886, Margaret W. Lesley, of Philadelphia; children:

Lydia, b. 1887;

Harold, b. 1888;

Malcolm, b. 1891;

James, b. 1892.

Among his more notable works are: Indian Buffalo Hunt, World's Columbian Exp'n, Chicago, 1893; equestrian statues of Gen. G. G. Meade and Gen. John F. Reynolds, Gettysburg, Pa.; equestrian statue of Gen. Anthony Wayne, Valley. Forge, Pa.; Civil War Memorial, Union -League, Philadelphia; Justinian, Appellate Court, N. Y. City; Horace. Mann, La Purchase Exp'n, , 1904; Truth, Pan-Am. Exp'n, 1901; Soldiers' Monument, The Spirit of '61 (Philadelphia), 1911; Lincoln Memorial (Gettysburg, Pa.), 1911; Union Soldier, Mountaineer. Soldier (Charleston, W. Va.), 1912; Gen. John Sedgwick Equestrian Statue for State of Conn. (Gettysburg, Pa.), 1913. Traveled in England, France, Italy and Germany for professional study. Trustee of the Scenic and Historic Preservation Soc.; mem. Hudson-Fulton Celebration Comm'n. Mem. Nat. Sculpture Soc., Architectural League of N. Y. City, Municipal Art Soc., Empire State Soc., S. A. R. Clubs: National Arts (N. Y.), Cosmos (Washington). Address: 1729 G St., Washington, D. C.

Bibliographic information:

• Title Who's who in New York City and State, Volume 6
• Cornell Library New York State Historical Literature
• Contributors Lewis Randolph Hamersly, John William Leonard, Frank R. Holmes
• Publisher L.R. Hamersly Company, 1914
• Original from the New York Public Library
• Digitized Apr 1, 2015
• Page 107
• https://books.google.com/books?id=5exHAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA107&lpg=PA107&d...

Artwork: http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=Brown+Lydia

Biography: https://books.google.com/books?id=AYxmAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA245&lpg=PA245&d...