Known for classical bronze sculptures, Bashka Paeff (1894-1979) emigrated with her family to Boston from Russia when she was a child. Called “the Subway Sculptor,” she worked on models for her MFA Museum School classes while selling tokens at Park Street Station. Among her notable works is the “Boy and Bird” fountain in Boston’s Public Garden. Paeff also depicted the horrors of WWI with her controversial sculpture “Sailors and Soldiers Memorial” that stands in Kittery, Maine.
