This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| Based in New York City, sculptor Isabel Case Borgatta was born in Madison, Wisconsin in 1921, receiving the D'Orsay Prize from the National Association of Women Artists in 1952. She also was given the Jacques Lipschitz Award in 1961; Yaddo fellowships in 1971 and 1973; a fellowship from the Virginia Center for Creative Arts in 1985 and 1992; and a Greek government grant in 1990 to work in Delphi.
Borgatta's education included 1938-1940 at Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts; 1944 at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, where she completed her B.F.A. degree; the New School for Social Research, Art Students League, and with sculptor Jose de Creeft, all in New York City.
Borgatta is known for stylized figures of women carved in wood or stone, like that of a pregnant woman, "Expectation," in 1954; and mythological figures like two "Danae" sculptures from 1974; three nymphs for the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City, 1980; and an earth-mother, "Enid," in 1982 for the Haupt Glass Pavilion of New York City's Botanical Garden.
In 1978, Borgatta donated her papers from the period 1939-1978 to the art archives of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. They include lettersmany relating to the subject of women in the arts; manuscripts of speeches and lectures, including "The Sexual Role in Artistic Sensibility;" career resumes and awards; photographs and slides of her works, exhibition catalogues, announcements, and clippings.
Borgatta is a member of the Municipal Art Society of New York, Artists Equity, Sculptors League, Women's Caucus for the Arts, College Art Association, and the Sculptors Guild, where she is an editor of The Guild Reporter. Borgata became a member of the Sculptors Guild, in New York City, in 1973.
Some of Borgatta's exhibitions between 1947 and 1996 include the Village Art Center, New York Cultural Center, and the Frank Rehn Gallery, all in New York City; Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York; Galerie Coach, Paris, France; an International Sculpture Conference; and the Sculptors Guild at the 58th Annual Lever House Exhibition, New York City.
Source:
Jules and Nancy Heller, "North American Women Artists of the 20th Century"
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