biography of Gail Sherman CORBETT (1871-1952)

Birth place: Syracuse, NY

Death place: Syracuse

Addresses: NYC

Profession: Sculptor

Studied: Caroline Peddle (Ball); ASL, with Augustus St.-Gaudens, Mowbray, Brush; worked and studied with St.-Gaudens and at …cole de Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1898-89.

Exhibited: AIC, 1912, 1916; PAFA Ann., 1902-06 (as Sherman), 1913; Pan-Pacific Expo, 1915 (medal); NAWA, 1935 (medal); NSS, 1923

Member: NSS, 1907; Arch. Lg.; NAWA; American Numistic Soc.

Work: Hamilton S. White mem. and Kirkpatrick mem. fountain, both in Syracuse, NY; Municipal Bldg. and Tower, Springfield, MA; Washington mem., Alexandria, VA; Whitherby mem., Providence, RI

Comments: (Gail Sherman) Specialty: memorials, garden fountains, sun-dials, low relief portraits. Teaching: Syracuse Univ, NY.

Sources: WW47; Petteys, Dictionary of Women Artists, 160; Falk, Exh. Record Series.