Artist Anna Coleman Ladd (1878-1939) creating a facial prosthetic for a veteran of World War I.Born
Artist Anna Coleman Ladd (1878-1939) creating a facial prosthetic for a veteran of World War I.Born in Pennsylvania, Anna trained as an artist in Paris, Rome, and Boston. In 1917, she moved to France so her physician husband could work with the American Red Cross. After meeting with British artist and prosthetist Francis Derwent Wood, Anna founded the American Red Cross’s Studio for Portrait-Masks to provide cosmetic masks for men who had been badly disfigured in World War I. Anna created clay and plasticine casts of the men’s faces which were used to create thin copper prosthesis. The metal was then painted with hard enamel to match the recipient’s skin tone. Real hair was used to create the eyelashes, eyebrows and mustaches. The prosthesis was attached to the face with strings or via eyeglassesHer services earned her the Légion d'Honneur Croix de Chevalier and the Serbian Order of Saint Sava. -- source link
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