Clara Barth Leonard Sorenson Dieman (1877–1959) was an American sculptor, painter and teacher[2] from Indianapolis, Indiana.[3]
Clara Barth Leonard Sorenson Dieman | |
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| Born | Clara Barth Leonard 1877 (1877) Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Died | 1959 (aged 81–82) Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | John Herron Art Institute, Art Institute of Chicago |
| Known for | Sculpture |
| Spouse(s) | Niels Sorenson and later Charles Dieman[1] |
Sorensen studied at the John Herron Art Institute[4] in Indianapolis and was a student of several well-known artists including William Forsyth, Alexander Archipenko and Lorado Taft,[5] who she worked on Fountain of Time with.[6] She also worked with Victor Brenner.[7] Between 1907 and 1916, Leonard returned to the John Herron Art Institute to teach introductory sculpture classes.[3] In 1917, she graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago, where she had been a student of Taft's, and she later studied at Columbia University as well.[2]
Clara Barth Leonard was married twice, to Niels Sorenson and to Charles Dieman.[8]
During her career as a sculptor, Sorenson frequently worked in portraiture, completing a bas-relief of William A. Bell for the Indianapolis school of the same name, and in 1916, a bronze memorial plaque in honor of Shortridge High School custodian James Biddy.[9] She participated in a number of art exhibitions across the United States, including in Chicago, Illinois, New York, New York, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Santa Fe, New Mexico,[3] where she spent the latter part of her life.[2]
For a while Dieman lived in Denver Colorado; Taft places her there in 1925 [10] and while there she worked and studied with Robert Garrison at least until 1929.[11]