Linda snapped this photo the other day when we were taking a walking tour of Hyde Park with some friends. It shows a jaunty banner flying on top of the Elisabet Ney Museum. Elisabet Ney was a seminal figure in the Texas arts scene. Talk about a liberated woman! She built her studio called "Formosa" (which is now the museum) in Austin in 1892 and until her death in 1907, it was a central point for high level cultural discourse in Austin and all of Texas. (She kept her last name after she married, too.)
It was in this studio that she sculpted figures of the leading figures of Texas history, along with likenesses of many of the greats of Europe.
She and her husband Dr. Edmund Montgomery were key figures in establishing Texas universities and they had a lot to do with putting together the Texas Fine Arts Association.
If you're ever in Austin, the museum is open for tours and sculpting classes are held on the grounds.
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