Harriet Whitney Frishmuth received extensive art training in the United States and abroad. As a child she moved to Paris and Dresden where they lived for eight years. There, she studied under renowned sculptor Auguste Rodin. Her career took off upon her return to the United States as she began to study at the Art Students League and exhibited her work at the National Academy of Design and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Frishmuth was a member of a group of women sculptors and painters who referred to themselves as "The Philadelphia Ten."
Harriet Whitney Frishmuth received extensive art training in the United States and abroad. As a child she moved to Paris and Dresden where they lived for eight years. There, she studied under renowned sculptor Auguste Rodin. Her career took off upon her return to the United States as she began to study at the Art Students League and exhibited her work at the National Academy of Design and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Frishmuth was a member of a group of women sculptors and painters who referred to themselves as "The Philadelphia Ten."
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