Person standing next to a sculpture.
Laura Gardin Fraser at work.

Podcast Episode: Meet the Artists

This podcast is part of the Shaping History: Women in Capitol Art series created by the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center. Listen below to hear about the women artists and women historical figures depicted in the art of the Capitol.

Conversations with Deborah Copenhaver Fellows and Artis Lane
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Artists and Their Work(s)

Locations for works in public areas are provided. See also: Women in Art

Ames, Sarah Fisher (1817-1901)

Beaux, Cecilia (1863-1942)

  • Portrait of Sereno E. Payne, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee

Brisbine, Margaret Preble (1901-1970)

  • Portrait of Royal C. Johnson, Chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee
  • Portrait of John E. Rankin, Chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee

Brown, Betty Beaumont (1913-1993)

  • Portrait of William M. Colmer, Chairman of the House Rules Committee

Buba, Joy Flinsch (1904-1998)

Burdette, Hattie E. (1875-1955)

Cadwalader-Guild, Emma (1843-1911)

  • Bronze bust of President William McKinley
    S-216, President's Room

Comas, Nilda M. (1953-)

Dimmitt, Kathryne Cooksey (1910-1996)

  • Portrait of Samuel J. Randall, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee

Drew, Dorothy Hart (1910-1994)

  • Portrait of George A. Dondero, Chairman of the House Public Works Committee

Dunbar, Anna Glenny (1888-1980)

  • Bronze bust of Walter G. Andrews, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee

Edmonds, Esther (1888-1976)

  • Portrait of James L. Orr, Speaker of the House of Representatives

Edwards, Kate Flournoy (1877-?)

  • Portrait of Philip P. Barbour, Speaker of the House of Representatives

Escobar, Marisol (1930-2016)

Fassett, Cornelia Adele (1831-1898)

Fellows, Deborah Copenhaver (1948– )

Fraser, Laura Gardin (1889-1966)

Goodwin, Frances M. (1855?-1929)

  • Marble bust of Vice President Schuyler Colfax
    Senate Chamber Gallery

Hale, Ellen Day (1855-1940)

  • Portrait of John G. Carlisle, Speaker of the House of Representatives

Harlan, Roma C. (1912-2003)

  • Portrait of Senator Kenneth Spicer Wherry

Hartley, Elaine

  • Portrait of Mary T. Norton, Chairwoman of the House District of Columbia Committee (District of Columbia Committee abolished and jurisdiction switched to House Government Reform and Oversight Committee)

Hergesheimer, E. Sophonisba (1873-?)

  • Portrait of Joseph W. Byrns, Speaker of the House of Representatives

Herndl, Maria (1860-1912)

  • Stained glass, "George Washington Memorial Window"
  • Stained glass circular skylights
    S-313A, Senate Press Gallery

Jacobson, Yolande (1921-1998)

Johnson, Adelaide (1846-1955)

Lane, Artis (1927- )

Margolin, Miri (1917–2013)

Jimilu Mason working on the bust of U.S. Chief Justice Frederick M. Vinson.
Jimilu Mason working on the bust of U.S. Chief Justice Frederick M. Vinson.

Mason, Jimilu (1930–2019)

  • Marble bust of Constantino Brumidi, Italian artist who decorated the Capitol
    Brumidi corridor, Senate wing, first floor
  • Marble bust of Vice President Lyndon Johnson
    Senate wing, second floor, east corridor

Mears, Helen Farnsworth (1878-1916)

Mimnaugh, Terry (1956- )

Morrell, Imogene Robinson (1818-1908)

  • Portrait of Senator John Dix

Nevin, Blanche (1838-1925)

Newman, Willie Betty (1864/5-1935)

  • Portrait of John Bell, Speaker of the House of Representatives

Ney, Elisabet (1833-1907)

Parker, Margaret (1947- )

  • Tapestry, Night in the Forest

Peale, Sarah Miriam (1800-1885)

  • Portrait of President Milliard Fillmore (attributed)

Polk, Rebecca (1858-?)

  • Portrait of James K. Polk, Speaker of the House of Representatives

Pugh, Mabel (1891-1986)

  • Portrait of Herbert Bonner, Chairman of the House Merchant Marine & Fisheries Committee (Marine & Fisheries Committee abolished and jurisdic-tion switched to three different committees. Merchant Marine functions: National Security Coast Guard functions: Transportation & Infrastructure Fisheries and endangered species functions: Public Lands and Resources.)
  • Portrait of Harold D. Cooley, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee
  • Portrait of Clifford R. Hope, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee

Putnam, Brenda (1890-1975)

Ransom, Caroline L. Ormes (1838-1910)

  • Portrait of Joshua R. Giddings, member of the House of Representatives
  • Portrait of John W. Taylor, Speaker of the House of Representatives

Raymond, Evelyn

Vinnie Ream at work on her Lincoln bust, which rests upon the stand she used in the White House while President Lincoln posed for her.
Vinnie Ream at work on her Lincoln bust, which rests upon the stand she used in the White House while President Lincoln posed for her.

Ream, Vinnie (1847-1914)

Ross, Wendy (1949- )

  • Bronze bust of Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson
    Russell Senate Office Building, northwest elevator lobby

Satrom, Charlen Jeffery (1939 - )

  • Portrait of Don Young, Chairman of the House Resource Committee

Scholz, Belle Kinney (1890-1959)

Shourds, Dalton (1935- )

  • Portrait of John W. Flannagan, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee
  • Portrait of Hampton P. Fulmer, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee

Silvercruys, Suzanne (1898-1973)

  • Bronze statue of Eusebio F. Kino
    Emancipation Hall
  • Marble bust of Joseph W. Martin Jr., Speaker of the House of Representatives
    House wing, second floor, main corridor

Sparrow, Louise Kidder (1884-1979)

  • Plaster bust of Theodore Burton, member of the House of Representatives and Senate

Spencer, Jean Van Vliet (1904?- )

  • Portrait of Daniel Alden Reed, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee

Sprung, Sharon (1953- )

  • Portrait of Jeanette Rankin, first woman elected to Congress
  • Portrait of Patsy Mink, first woman of color and first Asian-American woman elected to Congress
    House Connecting Corridor, first floor

Stanton, Lucy M. (1875-1931)

  • Portrait of Howell Cobb, Speaker of the House of Representatives

Vonnoh, Bessie Potter (1872-1954)

  • Marble bust of James S. Sherman, Vice President of the United States

Waite, Emily B. (1887-1980)

  • Portrait of Philip J. Philbin, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee

Whitney, Anne (1821-1915)