Creator Bio
Maria Dillon
1858–1932
Born Maria Lvovna Dillon in Ponevezh in the Russian Empire (today Panevėžys, Lithuania) to a well-to-do family, Maria Dillon studied at the St. Petersburg Imperial Academy of Fine Arts. Receiving praise and awards for her sculptures, notably Andromeda Chained to the Rock (1888), she continued her studies in Paris and Rome. In 1893, Dillon was featured at the Chicago World’s Fair (Columbian Exposition) Fine Arts Palace, where she became internationally known as the first female Russian sculptor. In addition to allegorical and portrait sculptures, she also produced monumental tombs for Russian elites and casting models for the crafts industry. She was married to art-nouveau painter Fyodor Buchholz.
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The Captive
This bronze statue, The Captive, also known as The Slave, is one of the allegorical sculptures for which Maria Dillon is best known. It depicts a woman, whose hands are bound behind her back, bowing…