Anna Vaughn Hyatt b. 10 Mar 1876 Cambridge, , Massachusetts, USA d. 5 Oct 1973 Redding, Redding, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA: If the Legends Are True...

Birth	10 Mar 1876	Cambridge, , Massachusetts, USA [2, 4, 5]
Gender	Female
Education	private schools [5]
	– The Misses Smith, Cambridge – The Art Students' League, New York City – Pupil of H.A. McNiel and Gutzon Borglum
Biographical	was a member of several societies [5]
	– Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Jorge (correspondent) – Federation of Arts – National Institute Arts and Arts and Letters – Hispanic Society of America (vice president, trustee) – American Academy of Arts and Letters – Spanish Academy San Fernando (correspondent)
Biographical	was an American sculptress of exception talent [2, 4, 5]
	Works include small bronzes in over 200 museums and art galleries, including: Don Quixote New York City stag Oglesby Park, Wheeling, West Virginia Don Quixote, also Stallions Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina Stallions San Marcos, Texas Torchbearers Statute Madrid, Spain – 1955 Torchbearers Statute Havana, Cuba – 1956 Sybil Ludington statue Carmel, New York – 1961 Lincoln Statute World's Fair, New York – 1964-5 "Her most notable work has been her equestrian statue of Jeanne D'Arc – the first one on Riverside Drive, N. Y.; the second, at Blois, France; the third, at Glouceter, Mass., erected by the American league; the fourth, in the San Francisco Park, overlooking the Golden Gate." Her "Jeanne D'Arc at Prayer" is in the French Chapel of St. John the Divine in N. Y City, and her "Diana" is in the New Orleans Park.
Biographical	was an honorary member of several societies [5]
	– Instituto de Cultura Hispanica – Accademia Culturale Adriatica – International Studia Scientarium Literarumque
Biographical	1922	France [5]
	joined the Chevalier Legion of Honor
	She was an officer in 1933.
Biographical	1922	France [5]
	was made Citizen of Blois
Biographical	1929	Spain [5]
	received The Grand Cross of Alfonzo XII
Graduated	1932 [5]
	Syracuse University, D.F.A.
Biographical	1933	San Diego, San Diego, California, USA [5]
	received a Certificate of Honor for El Cid
Biographical	1910-1940 [5]
	won many awards and honors
	In 1910 she received honorable mention at the Paris Salon.
Biographical	1952 [5]
	received the Allied Artists gold medal of honor
Biographical	1954 [5]
	received the Grand Cross of Isabella the Catholic
Biographical	1957 [5]
	became an honorary fellow of the National Sculpture Society, International Institute of Arts & Letters
Biographical	1957 [5]
	was a National Academician and received the Sorolla medal for art from the Hispanic Society of America
Biographical	1958 [5]
	was made an honorary citizen of Cuba
Biographical	1958 [5]
	was made Woman of The Americas
Biographical	1960 [5]
	joined the Humanist Rosicrucian Order, Son Jose
Name	Anna Hyatt [5]
Died	5 Oct 1973	Redding, Redding, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA [4]
Person ID	I35156	If the Legends Are True...
Last Modified	01 Jan 2010

Father	Professor Alpheus Hyatt, II, b. 5 Apr 1838, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA , d. 15 Jan 1902, Cambridge, , Massachusetts, USA
Mother	Audella Beebe, b. 1840, New York , d. Aft 1927
Family ID	F12441	Group Sheet

Family	Archer Milton Huntington, b. 10 Mar 1870, New York, New York, New York, USA , d. 11 Dec 1955, Bethel, , Connecticutt, USA
Married	10 Mar 1923 [2, 3, 4, 5]
Biographical	1930	Newport News, Newport News (city), Virginia, USA [3, 4, 6]
	founded the Mariner's Museum
	Archer and his wife, sculptor Anna Hyatt Huntington, acquired 800 acres of land that would come to hold 61,000 square feet of exhibition galleries, a research library, a 167-acre lake, a five-mile shoreline trail with fourteen bridges, and over 35,000 maritime artifacts from around the globe. After acquisition took place, the first two years were devoted to creating and improving a natural park and constructing a dam to create Lake Maury, named after the nineteenth-century Virginia oceanographer Commodore Matthew Fontaine Maury. Known as the Lion's Bridge, the dam forming the lake provides a breathtaking view of the James River, as well as a family gathering place to enjoy the Museum Park. The beauty of the dam is enhanced by several fine pieces of statuary designed by Anna Hyatt Huntington. Four stone lions were mounted on the ends of the parapets of the dam in October 1932. Anna also created and dedicated a monument entitled "Conquering the Wild." The central theme of this monument consists of a man engaged in a titanic struggle to subdue a rearing horse. Elevated on a massive octagonal Indiana limestone pedestal and flanked at four corners by life-size figures representing science, art, learning, and industry, the monument overlooks the Lion's Bridge, the Park, and Lake Maury. The Museum's collection totals approximately 35,000 artifacts, of which approximately one-third are paintings and two-thirds are three-dimensional objects. This vast collection of maritime objects had to be aggressively acquired by Museum agents. On August 1, 1933, regular collectors were inaugurated. The first purchases of artifacts in any quantity were made in New York and New England. Since the scope of the Museum would be international, contacts were made in lands such as Holland, England, China, and the South Sea Islands. In 1935, its was deemed desirable to extend the Museum's collecting expedition to the West Indies and the Spanish Main. In January 1936, a 9,200-mile trip southward touched Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Jamaica. The Museum even commissioned a yachtsman embarking on a round-the-world voyage to acquire maritime material. Collis P. Huntington, the rail baron who formed the Central Pacific railroad in the west and the C&O in the east, provided his son, Archer Huntington, with the wherewithal and wisdom to form several enduring museums with a combination of objects, books, and endowments. Much of the early bibliographic holdings of The Mariners' Museum were obtained from Archer Huntington's personal library. The marine artifacts were acquired by a small platoon of carefully selected individuals working under the guidance of Huntington and Newport News Shipyard's legendary president, Homer Ferguson.
Biographical	1930	Murrells Inlet, Georgetown, South Carolina, USA [3, 4, 7]
	purchased Brookgreen Gardens, a former indigo and rice plantation
	The Huntingtons first visited the property in 1929. They were captivated by the Carolina Low country with its undulating rivers and shadowy swamplands, sandy pine forests, sweeping marsh vistas and stately moss-draped oaks. So, the philanthropist and his beloved sculptor wife bought Brookgreen Plantation and the three adjoining properties, amassing 9,000 acres of forest, swamp, rice fields and beachfront. Originally, their plan was to establish a winter home overlooking the wide, blue Atlantic, but the beauty and history of the land quickly transformed their modest intention into something more grand. In 1931, they organized a non-profit institution with a lofty mission: providing a showcase for American figurative sculpture within a refuge for native plants and animals. A year later, they opened Brookgreen to the public. It is the first sculpture garden in the United States. Today, Brookgreen Gardens is a National Historic Landmark with the most significant collection of figurative sculpture, in an outdoor setting, by American artists in the world, and has the only zoo accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums on the coast of the Carolinas.
Last Modified	25 Oct 2008
Family ID	F12506	Group Sheet

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Event

	Biographical - founded the Mariner's Museum - 1930 - Newport News, Newport News (city), Virginia, USA
	Biographical - purchased Brookgreen Gardens, a former indigo and rice plantation - 1930 - Murrells Inlet, Georgetown, South Carolina, USA
	Died - 5 Oct 1973 - Redding, Redding, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

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Photos		Huntington → Anna Vaughn Hyatt
		Hyatt → Anna Vaughn

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