Ethel McLean, Artist-Sculptress
Ethel McLean, 50, N Fort Harrison Ave., talented artist and sculptress and for several years a member of the faculty of the Florida Gulf Coast Art Center in Bellealr, died Wednesday at Morton F. Plant Hospital. Born in Oklahoma, she studied at the Corcoran Art School in Washington, D.C., at Columbia University, and on a full scholarship at the School of Fine Arts, Yale University. She was perhaps best known nationally for her collection of 20-inch high models of the wives of U.S. presidents inspired by the famous collection in the Smithsonian's Museum of History and Technology in Washington. Life Magazine did a three-page spread of the authentically dressed sculptures several years ago. The models were placed In a 56-foot mobile unit and taken on a tour of schools from Maine to Miami. Along the Tamiami Trail the unit developed a flat tire and while Miss McLean went for help the whole trailer slid into the deep, murky water of the Everglades and was lost. For several years she taught at her studio on S. Myrtle Avenue helping blind students and other handicapped persons, Her newest project was the opening of her studio on N Fort Harrison Avenue to provide a sales outlet for local artists, both beginners and experienced. Miss McLean is survived by a brother, Milton, of Columbus, Ohio; and a sister, Mrs. Ruth Berger in Frederick, Md.
Tampa Bay Times - 15 Feb 1973, Thu
Ethel McLean, 50, N Fort Harrison Ave., talented artist and sculptress and for several years a member of the faculty of the Florida Gulf Coast Art Center in Bellealr, died Wednesday at Morton F. Plant Hospital. Born in Oklahoma, she studied at the Corcoran Art School in Washington, D.C., at Columbia University, and on a full scholarship at the School of Fine Arts, Yale University. She was perhaps best known nationally for her collection of 20-inch high models of the wives of U.S. presidents inspired by the famous collection in the Smithsonian's Museum of History and Technology in Washington. Life Magazine did a three-page spread of the authentically dressed sculptures several years ago. The models were placed In a 56-foot mobile unit and taken on a tour of schools from Maine to Miami. Along the Tamiami Trail the unit developed a flat tire and while Miss McLean went for help the whole trailer slid into the deep, murky water of the Everglades and was lost. For several years she taught at her studio on S. Myrtle Avenue helping blind students and other handicapped persons, Her newest project was the opening of her studio on N Fort Harrison Avenue to provide a sales outlet for local artists, both beginners and experienced. Miss McLean is survived by a brother, Milton, of Columbus, Ohio; and a sister, Mrs. Ruth Berger in Frederick, Md.
Tampa Bay Times - 15 Feb 1973, Thu
Ethel McLean, Artist-Sculptress
Ethel McLean, 50, N Fort Harrison Ave., talented artist and sculptress and for several years a member of the faculty of the Florida Gulf Coast Art Center in Bellealr, died Wednesday at Morton F. Plant Hospital. Born in Oklahoma, she studied at the Corcoran Art School in Washington, D.C., at Columbia University, and on a full scholarship at the School of Fine Arts, Yale University. She was perhaps best known nationally for her collection of 20-inch high models of the wives of U.S. presidents inspired by the famous collection in the Smithsonian's Museum of History and Technology in Washington. Life Magazine did a three-page spread of the authentically dressed sculptures several years ago. The models were placed In a 56-foot mobile unit and taken on a tour of schools from Maine to Miami. Along the Tamiami Trail the unit developed a flat tire and while Miss McLean went for help the whole trailer slid into the deep, murky water of the Everglades and was lost. For several years she taught at her studio on S. Myrtle Avenue helping blind students and other handicapped persons, Her newest project was the opening of her studio on N Fort Harrison Avenue to provide a sales outlet for local artists, both beginners and experienced. Miss McLean is survived by a brother, Milton, of Columbus, Ohio; and a sister, Mrs. Ruth Berger in Frederick, Md.
Tampa Bay Times - 15 Feb 1973, Thu
Ethel McLean, 50, N Fort Harrison Ave., talented artist and sculptress and for several years a member of the faculty of the Florida Gulf Coast Art Center in Bellealr, died Wednesday at Morton F. Plant Hospital. Born in Oklahoma, she studied at the Corcoran Art School in Washington, D.C., at Columbia University, and on a full scholarship at the School of Fine Arts, Yale University. She was perhaps best known nationally for her collection of 20-inch high models of the wives of U.S. presidents inspired by the famous collection in the Smithsonian's Museum of History and Technology in Washington. Life Magazine did a three-page spread of the authentically dressed sculptures several years ago. The models were placed In a 56-foot mobile unit and taken on a tour of schools from Maine to Miami. Along the Tamiami Trail the unit developed a flat tire and while Miss McLean went for help the whole trailer slid into the deep, murky water of the Everglades and was lost. For several years she taught at her studio on S. Myrtle Avenue helping blind students and other handicapped persons, Her newest project was the opening of her studio on N Fort Harrison Avenue to provide a sales outlet for local artists, both beginners and experienced. Miss McLean is survived by a brother, Milton, of Columbus, Ohio; and a sister, Mrs. Ruth Berger in Frederick, Md.
Tampa Bay Times - 15 Feb 1973, Thu
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