Nancy Schön
Born1928 (age 9596)
Known forSculptor
Notable workMake Way for Ducklings

Nancy Schön (born 1928) is a sculptor of public art displayed internationally. She is best known for her work in the Boston, Massachusetts area, notably her bronze duck and ducklings in the Boston Public Garden, a recreation of the duck family in Robert McCloskey's children's classic Make Way for Ducklings. It is featured on the Boston Women's Heritage Trail.[1] In 1991, Barbara Bush gave a duplicate of this sculpture to Raisa Gorbachev as part of the START Treaty, and the work is displayed in Moscow's Novodevichy Park.[2]

In 1952, after graduation from Boston's Museum School, she married Donald Alan Schön (1930–1997), and her series, The Reflective Giraffe, with a giraffe as the central icon, is a tribute to her husband. Since 1966, she has lived in West Newton, Massachusetts.[3]

Public Art Sculptures

  • 1987 Make Way for Ducklings, Boston Public Garden, Boston, MA.
  • 1991 Make Way for Ducklings, Novodevichy Park, Moscow, Russia.
  • 1991 Eeyore, Children’s Patio, Newton Free Library, Newton, MA
  • 1995 The Tortoise and The Hare (sculpture), Copley Square, Boston, MA
  • 1995 Raccoons and the Magic Horseshoes, Children’s Bridge, Belle Meade, TN
  • 1996 Empty Sled and Dog, Sarah Pryor Memorial, Hannah Williams Park Wayland, MA
  • 2000 Dancing Girl, Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • 2001 Winnie the Pooh and the Hunny Pot, Children’s Patio, Newton Free Library, Newton, MA
  • 2002 Lentil and his Dog, Lentil Park, Hamilton, Ohio.
  • 2002 Gateway to Independence, Carroll Center for the Blind, Newton, MA
  • 2003 Scholarly, Whimsical, Gentle, Lucky, and Loving Dragon, Cambier Park, Naples, FL
  • 2003 A Dragon for Dorchester, Nonquit Street Green, Dorchester, MA
  • 2004 Nursing Sundial, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
  • 2008 Butterflies in the Francis Street Garden, Francis Street Garden, Boston, MA
  • 2009 Tortoise and Hare, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR[4]
  • 2010 Sal’s Bear, Children’s Garden, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, ME
  • 2012 Piglet, Children’s Patio, Newton Free Library, Newton, MA
  • 2014 Friendship, Children’s Garden, Myriad Botanical Gardens, Oklahoma City, OK
  • 2017 Butterfly. "Metamorphosis" exhibit at Regis College, Weston, MA
  • 2019 Myrtle the Turtle, Myrtle Street Playground, Beacon Hill, MA[5]
  • 2021 Diversity - The Owl and the Pussy Cat, Nonquit Street Garden, Dorchester, MA
  • 2021 Newton Bronze Flower, Newton Public Library, Newton MA
  • 2022 Caterpillar, Waban Commons, Newton, MA
  • 2022 Charlie the Snail, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
  • 2022 Millie the Ducky in a Puddle, Concord Library, Concord,MA
  • 2023 “REACH” for Knowledge. Wellesley Free Library, Wellesley MA

References

  1. "Back Bay East". Boston Women's Heritage Trail.
  2. Make Way for Ducklings
  3. "At Home with Nancy Schon"
  4. The Tortoise and The Hare, Crystal Bridges
  5. Myrtle the Turtle
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