Scupture

American sculptor, Vinnie Ream (1847*-1914), was the first woman and the youngest artist to receive a sculptural commission from the government of the United States. EARLY LIFE Born in a log cabin in Madison, Wisconsin, when it was little more than a hamlet, Vinnie Ream was one of the most well-known sculptors of the Gilded Age. Her father, Robert Ream, was a government surveyor who made the earliest maps of Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri. When the Civil War broke out, the Reams who were against slavery, moved to Washington City, where her father drew maps for the War Department, and Vinnie became one ofRead More →