High Noon Talk: The Life and Work of Elisabet Ney
Apr 01, 2026
Join us for an engaging talk about Elisabet Ney’s profound influence on Austin’s visual art scene.
Event Details
Join Jade Walker, Director and Curator of the Elisabet Ney Museum, for a presentation outlining the life and times of Elisabet Ney and her lasting legacy on visual art in Texas and beyond. Emigrating as a political refugee in 1871, celebrated German artist Elisabet Ney eventually landed in Texas. Formosa, her rugged, limestone Austin home and studio, (today’s Elisabet Ney Museum) was built in 1892 to accommodate her art practice. From Formosa, Ney created iconic Texas figurative sculptures, while forging the young state’s intellectual underpinnings.
Casts of Ney’s iconic sculptures of Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin are on view in the Bullock Museum galleries and the originals stand in the halls of the Texas State Capitol.
This program takes place in the Texas Spirit Theater and is FREE to the public.