(1903-1990)
Her first lessons in art were from her Newcomb-trained mother, Selina Bres Gregory and then from Tulane professor William Woodward. Her tenure at Newcomb College Art School was from 1921-1932. Her talent for sculpture emerged under modeling instructor Albert Riecker; and she received a scholarship to study in Paris under Antoine Bourdelle, the pupil of the great sculptor Auguste Rodin. She returned to the States, receiving both public and private commissions for architectural sculpture from projects as varied as the capitol in Baton Rouge and the Criminal Courts Building in New Orleans. In 1940, she was award a Masters in Architecture, to better pursue her love of architectural sculpture. She was the first teacher of sculpture at Newcomb College (1935-42).
