Caroline Peddle Ball

Caroline Peddle Ball (November 11, 1869 – October 1, 1938)[1] was an American sculptor. She exhibited at both the 1893 Chicago Exposition and the 1900 Paris Exhibition.

Caroline Peddle Ball
Ball working in her Paris studio
Born	(1869-11-11)November 11, 1869 Terre Haute, Indiana
Died	October 1, 1938(1938-10-01) (aged 68) Harwinton, Connecticut
Nationality	American
Education	Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Art Students League of New York
Known for	Sculpture
Spouse(s)	Bertrand E. Ball ( m. after 1902) ending in divorce

Biography

Caroline Peddle was born in Terre Haute, Indiana on November 11, 1869.[2] She studied art at the Rose Polytechnic Institute, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.[3] She continued her education at the Art Students League of New York, under Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Kenyon Cox.[3] She was a member of the Guild of Arts and Crafts and of Art Students' League.

Peddle Ball worked for the Tiffany Glass Company which exhibited her design at the 1893 Chicago Exposition.[3]

In the late 1890s Peddle Ball traveled to Europe. She was in Florence, Italy from September 1895 to March 1896. She had a studio in Paris for several years beginning in May 1897.[2]

She received honorable mention at Paris Exhibition, 1900 the figure "Victory" on the United States building at the Exposition.[2] Additionally she created a memorial fountain at Flushing, Long Island, a medallion portrait of Miss Cox of Terre Haute, a monument to a child in the same city.[4]

Peddle Ball returned to the United States in 1902. She maintained a working studio for the rest of her life, specializing in small bronzes depicting children.[5]

Peddle Ball married Bertrand E. Ball on October 16, 1902. They had one child. The marriage would end in divorce.[2]

She died in Connecticut on October 1, 1938.[2]

References

1. "Abbott Handerson Thayer letter and drawings to Caroline Peddle Ball, [ca. 1890-1893]". Smithsonian. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
2. "Caroline Peddle Ball Collection". Vigo County Public Library. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
3. Nichols, K.L. "Caroline Peddle Ball (1869 - 1938)". Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
4. Waters, Clara Erskine Clement (1904). Women in the Fine Arts: From the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. (Public domain ed.). Houghton, Mifflin. pp. 25–.
5. "Sculpture of a Girl with Book by Caroline Peddle Ball". Bronze Gallery. Retrieved 2 January 2018.

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: C. E. C. Waters' "Women in the Fine Arts: From the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D." (1904)