Edie Sedgewick

1960s It Girl Edie Sedgewick was famous as Andy Warhol’s muse and actress in his films. Her untimely death at age twenty-eight of a drug overdose cut short any promise she may have shown as an artist herself, and her paintings, drawings, and sculptures as an artist in her own right weren’t made public until they went up for auction in 2022.

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Laura Pope Forester

American artist Laura Pope Forester made concrete figures, many commemorating important women in history and literature, including Nancy Hart, a heroine of the Revolutionary War (1775-83)

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Elizabeth MacLean Smith

Smith, a distinguished sculptor, made significant contributions to the Boston art community as an instructor at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts from 1940 to 1953

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