biography of Elsie Ward HERING (1872-1923)

Birth place: Fayette, MO

Addresses: NYC

Profession: Sculptor

Studied: Ida Stair & Preston Powers in Denver; ASL; Daniel French, H. Siddons Mowbray & Saint-Gaudens (also his asst., completing some of his commissions after his death); Paris.

Exhibited: PAFA Ann., 1901 (as Ward), 1912 (as Hering); Denver Art Club; Soc. Am. Artists, Paris; Charleston Expo., 1902 (silver med.); St. Louis Expo., 1904 (med.); NSS.

Member: Denver AC; Cornish (NH) Colony.

Work: Chapel of Our Saviour, Denver; WCTU fountain, St. Louis Mus. She completed the Baker Mem. at Mt. Kisco, begun by Saint-Gaudens a short time before his death.

Comments: Born 1872 or 1874, according to Pettys. After her marriage to Hering, she seldom worked alone again, but rather assisted her husband with his projects.

Sources: WW21; Petteys, Dictionary of Women Artists; Falk, Exh. Record Series.