House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday unveiled a bronze sculpture of novelist Willa Cather of Nebraska, hailing it as a “fitting addition” to National Statuary Hall and the first statue in the ornate Capitol room crafted by a Black artist.
Cather, who lived from 1873 to 1947 and spent many years in Nebraska, illustrated life on the Great Plains in her famous books, including “O, Pioneers” and “My Ántonia.”
Sen. Deb Fischer, Nebraska Republican, said Cather’s novels felt like they “grew from the soil of Nebraska.” The bronze sculpture, which depicts the author with a walking stick and a book, was created by artist Littleton Alston, an associate professor of sculpture at Creighton University in Omaha. Mr. Alston was raised in Washington and from his home, he could see the dome of the U.S. Capitol down East Capitol Street, according to a profile in Omaha Magazine. He attended the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University and the Rinehart School of Sculpture.
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