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	Audrey Munson
		Her parents divorced when Audrey was very young.
		Audrey Munson is buried in an unmarked grave in her father's plot in the New Haven, NY cemetery.
		Although virtually forgotten today, Audrey Munson was a popular artist's model, muse, silent film actress, and newspaper columnist in the early 20th century.
	jschumacher.typepad.com /audrey_munson (1123 words)

	Amazon.ca: American Venus : The Extraordinary Life of Audrey Munson, Model and Muse: Books: Diana Rozas,Anita ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Munson died in 1996 at the age of 105.
		Audrey Munson was once called the "The most perfect, most versatile, most famous of American models, whose face and figure have inspired thousands of modern masterpieces of sculpture and painting." It was not an exaggeration.
		Audrey Munson's life as a fine art model was the subject of four controversial silent films in which she starred—mostly nude.
	www.amazon.ca /American-Venus-Extraordinary-Audrey-Munson/dp/1890449040 (865 words)

	Audrey Munson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Audrey Munson (June 8, 1891 – February 20, 1996) was an American model and actress, known variously as "Miss Manhattan," "the Exposition Girl," and "American Venus."
		Audrey Munson was born in Mexico, New York, near Syracuse, New York.
		Although Audrey and her mother had left NYC prior to the murder the police still wished to question them and this resulted in a nationwide hunt for them.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Audrey_Munson (1225 words)

	Amazon.fr : American Venus: The Extraordinary Life of Audrey Munson, Model and Muse: Livres en anglais: Diane ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Audrey Munson was once called "The most perfect, most versatile, most famous of American models, whose face and figure have inspired thousands of modern masterpieces of sculpture and painting." It was not an exaggeration.
		Audrey's career is the classic tale of meteoric rise and tragic downfall--from "Queen of the Artists' Studios" to fragile psychiatric patient.
		Audrey Munson's life as a fine art model was the subject of four controversial silent films in which she starred--mostly nude.
	www.amazon.fr /American-Venus-Extraordinary-Audrey-Munson/dp/1890449040 (707 words)

	Review \| American Venus
		At the height of her fame, Audrey Munson's face -- and a lot of the rest of her -- were perhaps the best known in America.
		We meet the young and powerful Audrey: the self-styled "Queen of the artists' studios." We follow her to the emerging film industry where she starred in four silent movies that juxtaposed nudity and modesty at a time when it wasn't easy to lump them together.
		Diagnosed with "mental blight" in 1931, Audrey was institutionalized at the age of 39.
	www.januarymagazine.com /biography/amvenus.html (759 words)

	The Big Apple: Audrey Munson (New York’s “Civic Fame” and “Miss Manhattan,” San ...
		Audrey Munson is "Pomona," the lady in the fountain, in front of the Plaza Hotel at the corner of Central Park.
		Audrey Munson is also at the other end of Central Park, at Columbus Circle, in the Maine Monument.
		Audrey had been living in a mental institution for almost seventy years, until her death in 1996 at age 105.
	www.barrypopik.com /index.php/new_york_city/entry/audrey_munson_new_yorks_civic_fame_and_miss_manhattan_san_franciscos_worlds (1619 words)

	Photo Quiz [Archive] - Wired New York Forum
		Audrey later referred to this work as "a souvenir of my mother's consent", but one suspects that her mother actually promoted the idea of her under age daughter posing in the nude rather than merely acquiescing to Konti’s proposal.
		Though Audrey stated she new nothing of his intentions the fact that the murdered woman had ordered Audrey and her mother out of the Manhattan apartment they were renting from the Wilkins several weeks before the murder, raised a question of impropriety which was played up by the yellow press.
		Audrey, who was just 39 years old at the time, would spend the next 65 years of her life at the institution dying in 1996 at the astounding age of 105.
	www.wirednewyork.com /forum/archive/index.php/t-4707.html (1835 words)

	American Venus : The Extraordinary Life of Audrey Munson, Model and Muse by Diane Rozas, Bourne Gottehrer - 1890449040
		At the peak of her career she was selected as the primary female model for the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, eventually appearing in thousands of feet of mural decorations and scores of statues.
		Munson starred--mostly nude--in four controversial silent films based on her experiences as a model.
		After a media spectacle linking her with a murder case, her career faltered and, ultimately, at the age of 39, she was doomed to a life of reclusion in a psychiatric facility.
	www.allbookstores.com /book/1890449040/Diane_Rozas/American_Venus.html (248 words)

	Oswego Town Historical Society to hold Audrey Munson program
		Town Historian Justin White will present the program on Audrey Munson who was from the Town of Mexico and who may have been a model for the Mercury Head Dime and the Walking Liberty half-dollar.
		Munson became a well-known model during what was known as the Beaux Arts Period.
		Munson was the subject of several widely known sculptures and murals.
	www.valleynewsonline.com /News/2004/0501/Oswego_News/081.html (155 words)

	Audrey Munson Information
		Audrey Munson (June 8, 1891 – February 20, 1996) was an American model and actress, known variously as "Miss Manhattan," "the Exposition Girl," and "American Venus."
		In 1906, when Audrey was fifteen years old, she was spotted in the street by photographer Ralph Draper, who in turn introduced her to his friend, sculptor Isador Konti.
		Although Audrey and her mother had left NYC prior to the murder the police still wished to question them and this resulted in a nationwide hunt for them.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Audrey_Munson (1004 words)

	Pasco: Working alongside Clooney and Pacino
		Between gigs, he's written three screenplays, including one based on the life of sculptor's model and silent screen actress Audrey Munson, the first woman to take off all her clothes in a film (she was playing a sculptor's model).
		In the screenplay, Munson becomes the innocent victim in a murder case when a Dr. Wilkins falls in love with her and murders his wife to be with her, which also occurred in real life.
		Even though Munson had nothing to do with the murder, just having her name mentioned in conjunction with it ruined her modeling and film career, and she spent the last years of her long life in a mental institution.
	www.sptimes.com /2006/07/16/Pasco/Working_alongside_Clo.shtml (991 words)

	Media Advisories : AMERICAN VENUS: AUDREY MUNSON MODEL AND MUSE PARKS CELEBRATES WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH - : New York ...
		Hailed in the press, cast in bronze, carved in marble, and featured on the silver screen, Audrey Munson was known as "America's Venus." Yet despite her astonishing fame early in the 20th century, her achievements and the adoration she inspired were obscured over time.
		At one time, so in demand was Munson that she posed for all the artworks at the Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco in 1915, and at one time more than thirty artworks in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum were said to be based on her image.
		The stress of her fall from fame caused her mental health to decline, and she was committed at the age of 39 to a psychiatric hospital where she resided for 65 years, largely forgotten by the public, and even her family.
	www.nycgovparks.org /sub_newsroom/media_advisories/media_advisories.php?id=6257 (442 words)

	Audrey Munson (1891 - 1996) - Find A Grave Memorial
		Born in Rochester, New York, Munson became the model of choice for sculptors and painters in New York City during the 1910s.
		Munson worked with such noted sculptors as Daniel Chester French, Alexander Stirling Calder, and Karl Bitter, and her likeness can be seen at government buildings and in museums throughout the United States.
		In 1931 Munson was confined to the Ogdensburg Psychiatric Institution due to mental illness.
	www.findagrave.com /cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15080347 (125 words)

	Amazon.com: American Venus: The Extraordinary Life of Audrey Munson, Model and Muse: Books: Diana Rozas,Anita Gottehrer ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Audrey's career is the classic tale of meteoric rise and tragic downfall—from "Queen of the Artists' Studios" to fragile psychiatric patient.
		Audrey Munson's life as a fine art model was the subject of four controversial silent films in which she starred—mostly nude.
		This is an illustrated account of the tragic life of Audrey Munson (1891-1996) who modeled for leading American sculptors (e.g., Daniel Chester French, A. Sterling Calder, and Sherry Fry) in the so-called "guilded age" of art.
	www.amazon.com /American-Venus-Extraordinary-Audrey-Munson/dp/1890449040 (1316 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A famed woman during the first half of the 20th Century, Audrey Munson was largely forgotten after being interned for decades at a state mental institution, where she silently passed away in 1996.
		Andrea's artistic investigation took her to that hospital, to the homes of Munson's family's acquaintances and to the city archives and public libraries.
		Audrey Munson is made possible by The Institute of Museum and Library Services, an independent Federal grant-making agency dedicated to creating and sustaining a nation of learners by helping libraries and museums serve their communities; the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; and the Booth Ferris Foundation.
	www.artingeneral.org /MUNSON/geyer.html (1710 words)

	New York Cool (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Talk: Andrea Geyer, former Lower Manhattan Cultural Council resident-artist, is the author of an upcoming publication on Audrey Munson (commissioned by Art in General), which honors the life of one of New York City’s most famous artist’s models.
		Geyer, a German-born, New York-based artist, has conducted extensive research on Audrey Munson, whose likeness can be found throughout Manhattan allegorically representing concepts like freedom, purity, peace and truth.
		Geyer's book is not a biography, but a contextualization of Munson’s life within the larger struggle of women trying to find their voices and fair representation in the records of New York City history.
	www.newyorkcool.com /listings/events_subway.htm (731 words)

	The Big Apple: Mark Green and Audrey Munson ("Civic Fame")
		In the late 1990s, I walked into his office and asked to speak to him about Audrey Munson, our "Civic Fame." The Public Advocate's office is in the Municipal Building, just a few floors below the famous statue.
		However, no one knew who Audrey Munson was, and she is never mentioned anywhere in the Art Commission's book.
		As a result, the Art Commission has never responded to me, and Audrey Munson (who died in obscurity in 1996) has still never been honored by the city she represents.
	www.barrypopik.com /index.php/new_york_city/entry/mark_green_and_audrey_munson_civic_fame (481 words)

	SouthernUtah.com - Who Posed For The Fifty-Cents And Dime Coin?
		It sounds inconceivable, yet it happened, and that is only a fragment of Audrey Munson’s extraordinary story.
		Sadly, Audrey’s career is the classic tale of meteoric rise and tragic downfall.
		In her youth, Munson modeled for countless public and private works.
	www.southernutah.com /Articles/Over_50/451830.072064/view (315 words)

	Welcome to the Best of New Orleans! Cover Story 07 23 02
		His book is a photographic narrative inspired by three muses: Fiona, a long-ago and long-forgotten model named Audrey Munson, and his maternal grandmother.
		Boman also drew inspiration from turn-of-the-century women such as Bellocq's prostitutes, and especially Audrey Munson, a model whose image is embodied in the "Angels" stained glass window in New York City's The Church of the Ascension, and "Peace" at the Appellate Court House.
		Munson's story is rife with tragedy; after appearing in a handful of silent films, often nude, she eventually was caught up in a murder scandal and wound up in an asylum at age 39, where she languished until she died in 1996 at the age of 105.
	www.bestofneworleans.com /dispatch/2002-07-23/cover_story3.html (1182 words)

	From the note book: Audrey Munson
		The Extraordinary Life of Audrey Munson) and traces and people and stories and with every bit of information, I realize there is more to come.
		American Venus: The Extraordinary Life of Audrey Munson, Model and Muse.
		I spoke with Barry Popik and Justin D. White who both have gone through significant effort to commemorate Audrey Munson’s life and generously shared information.
	www.andreageyer.info /agmunson.html (474 words)

	rachelleb.com: Comment on Maine Monument (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Her name was Audrey Munson and she grew up in my home town in upstate NY.
		She was a muse to many beaux arts sculptors and posed for the "Civic Fame" statue on top of the Municipal Building, the "Pomona" sculpture in the fountain by the Plaza Hotel, the Strauss Memorial at 107th and Bway, and many others around town and the country.
		She lived to be 105 years old in a mental ward very interesting lady.
	www.rachelleb.com /mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=1141 (265 words)

	PrintedMatter.org
		Shortly after the beginning of the 20th century, a young woman named Audrey Munson came to New York City to become an actress.
		She was discovered by photographer and eventually became part of an influential group of artists, serving as the model for numerous statues.
		Intermixed are locales that served as key points for Munson's life, weaving a bibliographical portrait superimposed on a geographical trail.
	www.printedmatter.org /catalogue/multiples.cfm?page=4&search=&search_type=&sec=1&rows=10&search_recent=m1&search_sort=rz&email=&cookie1=1435187.1&list_id=&list_id2=&Partists=&Ptitle=&Pcategory=&Pbook_type=&Psubtitle=&Pvol=&Ppages=&Pbook_cover=&Pbin (509 words)

	Lay for the Day: 8th June
		In 1906 she was spotted on the street by a portrait photographer who asked to make some pictures of her.
		The height of her fame came with the Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco in 1915, where 70 per cent of the sculptures gracing the pavilions, as well as the female figures in thousands of square feet of murals, were Audrey Munson.
		Audrey Munson was confined to a psychiatric hospital at the age of 39, where she remained for 65 years.
	www.touched.co.uk /lays/06_jun08.html (350 words)

	Lower Manhattan Cultural Council - Access Restricted - Subway Station
		Talk: Andrea Geyer, former Lower Manhattan Cultural Council resident-artist, is the author of an upcoming publication on Audrey Munson (commissioned by Art in General), which honors the life of one of New York City’s most famous artist’s models.
		Geyer, a German-born, New York-based artist, has conducted extensive research on Audrey Munson, whose likeness can be found throughout Manhattan allegorically representing concepts like freedom, purity, peace and truth.
		Geyer's book is not a biography, but a contextualization of Munson’s life within the larger struggle of women trying to find their voices and fair representation in the records of New York City history.
	www.lmcc.net /art/programs/2006.10accessrestricted/2.html (235 words)

	In what year and what movie featured the first time that a woman took off all he...
		Who was the woman and where did she spend the last 65 years of her life?
		Recreating scenes from classic paintings, the censors were reluctant to ban the film fearing they would also have to ban Renaissance art.
		Munson began showing signs of possible mental unbalance and paranoia and in 1931 a judge ordered the 39-year-old Munson into a psychiatric facility for treatment.
	www.funtrivia.com /askft/Question72686.html (201 words)

	Deadprogrammer's Cafe » Architecture
		Her hand dropped through a skylight in a cafeteria on 26th floor in '36 and had to be repaired, and in '91 she took a helicopter ride up and down for cleaning and further restorations.
		At the turn of the century she was a supermodel for sculptors and painters.
		All I know is, now I just have to find as many instances of Audrey Munson in New York City's buildings and museums.
	www.deadprogrammer.com /category/architecture (1293 words)

	Famed Artist's Model Bared All for a Playwright - New York Times
		Thank you for the article on Audrey Munson, the artist's model who inspired so much civic sculpture around New York ("Rescuing a Heroine From the Clutches of Obscurity," April 14).
		She also inspired Broadway, on at least one occasion, according to "Bring on the Girls," the memoir by P. Wodehouse and Guy Bolton.
		His wife told him to expect a woman who would redo the couch, so when Audrey Munson knocked and asked if there was any work for her, Wodehouse said yes and "How much would it be altogether?"
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9805E1DC1439F935A25755C0A960958260 (181 words)

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