A portrait of a young artist's formative years studying sculpture
in Paris, recounted in her own words. Angela Gregory is considered
by many the doyenne of Louisiana sculpture and is a notable
twentieth century American sculptor. In A Dream and a Chisel,
Angela Gregory and Nancy Penrose explore Gregory's desire, even as
a teenager, to learn the art of cutting stone and to become a
sculptor. Through sheer grit and persistence, Gregory achieved her
dream of studying with French artist Antoine Bourdelle, one of
Auguste Rodin's most trusted assistants and described by critics of
the era as France's greatest living sculptor. In Bourdelle's Paris
studio, Gregory learned not only sculpting techniques but also how
to live life as an artist. Her experiences in Paris inspired a
prolific sixty-year career in a field dominated by men. After
returning to New Orleans from Paris, Gregory established her own
studio in 1928 and began working in earnest. She created bas-relief
profiles for the Louisiana State Capitol built in 1932 and sculpted
the Bienville Monument, a bronze statue honoring the founder of New
Orleans, in the 1950s. Her works also include two other monuments,
sculptures incorporated into buildings, portrait busts, medallions,
and other forms that appear in museums and public spaces throughout
the state. She was the first Louisiana woman sculptor to achieve
international recognition, and, at the age of thirty-five, became
one of the few women recognized as a fellow of the National
Sculpture Society. Gregory's work appeared in group shows at many
prestigious museums and in exhibitions, including the Salon des
Tuileries and the Salon d'Automne in Paris, the Palace of the
Legion of Honor in San Francisco, the National Collection of Fine
Arts in the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., and the Metropolitan
Museum of Art in New York. This memoir is based on Penrose's oral
history interviews with Gregory, as well as letters and diaries
compiled before Gregory's death in 1990. A Dream and a Chisel
demonstrates the importance of mentorships, offers a glimpse into
the realities of an artist's life and studio, and captures the
vital early years of an extraordinary woman who carved a place for
herself in Louisiana's history.
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