Nancy Schön
Born1928 (age 95–96)
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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