Frances M. Goodwin


Frances M. Goodwin was an American sculptor born in Newcastle, Indiana. Goodwin began her studies in Indianapolis, briefly studying at the Indiana Art Association, and then at the Chicago Art Institute where she studied with Lorado Taft and then at the Art Students League under Daniel Chester French.
Her statue representing "Education" was [List of women artists List of women artists exhibited at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition|exhibited at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition|exhibited] at the 1893 Columbian Exposition, in the Indiana State Building.
She died in Newcastle, Indiana, the town in which she was born, in 1929.

Selected works

Bust of Vice President Schuyler Colfax, marble, United States Capitol, District of ColumbiaBust of Benjamin Parker, Henry County Historical Society, New Castle, IndianaRobert Dale Owen, Indiana State House, Indianapolis, Indiana, The bust disappeared in the 1970sEve, created with Robert William Davidson, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, first exhibited at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair