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A Look Back

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Beverly Benson Seamans
Oct 31, 1928 – Oct 22, 2012

Beverly Benson Seamans is known around
New England as the woman who can bring
life to bronze. Beverly sculpted wax with
grace and precision to create and capture
the living likeness of shorebirds, animals
and children.
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http://beverlybseamans.com/
sculptress Beverly Seamans of Marblehead, MA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EDUCATED: Milton Academy
Sweet Briar College
Museum School of Fine Arts
Studied with George Demetrios and Peter Abate

SOLO SHOWS: Memorial Art Gallery – Rochester, NY
North Haven Gallery – North Haven, ME
M.C.Z. – 350th Anniversary of Harvard College
The House of the Seven Gables – Salem, MA
M.I.T. Museum – Cambridge, MA
Rehoboth Art League – Rehoboth, DE
Peabody-Essex Museum – Salem, MA
Marblehead Arts Association – Marblehead, MA
Museum of Science – Boston, MA
Essex Institute – Salem, MA
Pingree School – Hamilton, MA
Marion Arts Association – Marion, MA

GROUP SHOWS: Abbot Public Library – Marblehead, MA
Marblehead Arts Festival – Marblehead, MA
National Sculptors Society – New York, NY
Scottish Society of Women Artists – Edinburgh, Scotland
Marblehead Arts Association – Marblehead, MA
Marion Arts Association – Marion, MA
Cambridge Arts Association – Cambridge, MA
Milton Academy – Milton, MA0046677-r1-e008

DISTRIBUTION OF WORKS: Abbot Public Library – Marblehead, MA
American Cathedral – Paris, France
Babson College – Wellesley, MA
Beverly Hospital – Beverly, MA
Camp Kieve – Nobelboro, ME
Essex Institute – Salem, MA
First National Bank – Boston, MA
Peabody-Essex Museum – Salem, MA
Salem Hospital – Salem, MA
Topsfield Public Library – Topsfield, MA
Unitarian Universalist Church of Greater Lynn – Swamscott, MA
Wellesley College – Wellesley, MA
Private Collections in England, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Portugal, Scotland and the United States

PRIZES: Copley Society – Boston, MA
1st Prize (three years) – Marblehead Arts Association
1st Prize (four years) – Marblehead Arts Festival
Honorable Mention – Marblehead Arts Festival
Silver Medal – National Sculptors Association
Honorable Mention – National Sculptors Association

LECTURES: American Cathedral – Paris, France
The Cambridge Arts Association
The Art Institute of Beijing (China)
Peabody-Essex Museum – Salem, MA

Updated as of 1998

Beverly and her husband Donald in their garden overlooking the Marblehead Harbor
Beverly and her husband Donald in their garden overlooking the Marblehead Harbor
Beverly and good friend Pat P.
Beverly and good friend Pat P.
Beverly with a sculpture she did for MIT
Beverly with a sculpture she did for MIT
Beverly and Heron
Beverly and Heron
Beverly at the installment at Salem Hospital
Beverly at the installment at Salem Hospital
Beverly overlooking a sculpture at the Foundry
Beverly overlooking a sculpture at the Foundry
Grandson Daniel with some sculpture at their house in Marblehead
Grandson Daniel with some sculpture at their house in Marblehead
Beverly with wax bird
Beverly with wax bird
Beverly working with heated wax to sculpt a seal
Beverly working with heated wax to sculpt a seal
Beverly and the Drummer Boy
Beverly and the Drummer Boy
Beverly sculpting a Fox in wax
Beverly sculpting a Fox in wax
Beverly sculpting a rooster with a live model
Beverly sculpting a rooster with a live model
Granddaughter Holly with a sculpture at their house in Marblehead
Granddaughter Holly with a sculpture at their house in Marblehead
Beverly Kayaking
Beverly Kayaking

Beverly’s home studio and sculpture garden

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