Stewart, Hannah Holiday (1924 - 2010)
Found 1 Works by this Artist
(1924 - 2010)
Born, 1924 Burmingham, AL. Died 2010 Albuquerque, NM
Hannah Holliday Stewart (American, 1924 - 2010) Hannah Holliday Stewart, an American abstract sculptor and educator, was a prominent member of the art scene in Houston and Albuquerque. She was born on January 23, 1924, in Birmingham, AL, and received her Bachelors in Fine Arts from the University of Montevallo, AL. She studied bronze casting, welding and woodcarving in graduate school at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Shortly after moving to Houston in 1970 she began teaching in the studio art department at St. Thomas.
A second-wave feminist, her works often refer to goddesses and mythical and historical female heroes. She is best known in Houston for her sculpture Atropos Key in Hermann Park.
Stewart exhibited individually and with groups at the Smithsonian Institution, San Francisco Museum of Art, High Museum of Art, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Birmingham Museum of Art, and numerous venues in Houston. She died in Albuquerque, NM in 2010. You can find more about Stewart and her work on her web site, and in her papers in the Woodson Research Center.
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