Audrey munson

Audrey Marie Munson was once the most famous artist's model in the country. She appears in sculptures and monuments throughout the city.

She was the feminine ideal for a generation of artists and filmmakers.

She’s the face of every famous statue from America’s Gilded Age and the first actress to appear nude in a Hollywood film—but Audrey Munson’s charmed life ended in tragedy.

She was known as “the most perfect model,” and in her heyday, one headline proclaimed, “All New York Bows to the Real Miss Manhattan.” She earned the name not just because she was the toast of the …

On April 19, 1912, just four days after the sinking of the RMS Titanic, Alfred Crawford testified before the United States Senate committee investigating the disaster. Crawford had been a stateroom steward on the doomed ship. The man was asked if he knew Mrs. Isidor Straus. He did. Isidor Straus and his wife, Ida, had been returning home to New York on the RMS Titanic. Straus was a co-owner with his brothers of R. H. Macy & Co. department store, as well as the Abraham & Straus department…

An adaptation from the new book The Curse of Beauty, about the turn-of-the-century icon Audrey Munson, whose face can still be seen all over the country, but whose wild life and tragic end have been almost entirely forgotten.

Walking around New York City, it’s hard to avoid Audrey Munson. The girl is everywhere, gazing down on us from above. She has been holding vigil over Manhattan for generations and will likely…

You may never have heard of Audrey Munson, but you’ve probably seen her face if you’ve spent any time in New York. Its similarity can be see...

The Curse of Beauty by James Bone - The tumultuous and heartbreaking life of a world-famous model whose riveting story of beauty, fame, passion, murder, and ...

Audrey Munson the Venus of Washington Square