Travels in History, Elisabet Ney, Part III

By |2022-07-27T22:57:40+00:00July 27th, 2022|architecture, art, Columbian Exposition, Immigrants|

Elisabet Ney, our intrepid sculptor from (what we now call) west Germany, raised a lot of eyebrows in her time.  Reminder that 'her [...]

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Travels in History, Elisabet Ney, Part II

By |2022-07-25T19:45:10+00:00July 25th, 2022|architecture, art, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition|

Elisabet Ney - Austinite late in life, sculptor to the rich and famous, including King Ludwig II. Not up on your Bavarian/German/Prussian history? [...]

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Weekend Travels in History – Elisabet Ney

By |2022-07-17T21:56:46+00:00July 17th, 2022|architecture, art, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition|

Y'all know I love to discuss the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago.  Mainly because of serial killer H H Holmes and his connection [...]

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