biography of Emilie L(ouise) FIERO (1889-1974)

Birth place: Joliet, IL

Addresses: San Francisco, 1917; NYC, 1935, 1947; Madison, WI

Profession: Sculptor

Studied: AIC; also in Florence, Italy & Paris, France; Injalbert; Bartlett; Navelier.

Exhibited: San Francisco AA, 1916; MMA; NAD; NSS; PAFA, 1935; AIC; WMAA; Arch. Lg. Awards: Wheeler Williams Award for The Cock (bronze), AAPL Exhib., Smithsonian Inst., Washington, DC.

Member: Nat. Assn. Women PS; Art Workers Club, NY; NSS; Allied Artists Am.; AAPL

Work: Eccleston, MD; Blue Heron Fountains (bronze), Fine Arts Garden, Cleveland Mus. Art, Ohio. Commissions: St. Francis Fountain (bronze), Stevenson, MD; triptych, Calvary Episcopal Church, Gramercy Park, NYC

Comments: Preferred media: bronze, marble.

Sources: WW73; WW47. More recently, see Hughes, Artists of California, 181; Falk, Exh. Record Series.