▁to ▁ 1 9 0 6 ▁and ▁from ▁ 1 9 0 9 ▁to ▁ 1 9 1 1 , ▁and ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Art ▁Commission , ▁New ▁York , ▁from ▁ 1 9 1 2 ▁to ▁ 1 9 1 5 . ▁ ▁Although ▁B itter ▁arose ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁Class ical / N atural ist ▁styles ▁he ▁was ▁increasing ly ▁turning ▁towards ▁a ▁more ▁modern ▁approach ▁to ▁sculpt ure . ▁Much ▁of ▁the ▁work ▁in ▁Buff alo ▁and ▁St . ▁Louis ▁was ▁alleg or ical ▁in ▁nature . ▁Where ▁this ▁would ▁have ▁taken ▁him ▁will ▁never ▁be ▁known , ▁because ▁he ▁was ▁killed ▁in ▁an ▁accident ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 5 ▁when , ▁while ▁leaving ▁the ▁Metropolitan ▁Opera ▁in ▁New ▁York , ▁a ▁car ▁jump ed ▁the ▁cur b ▁on ▁Broadway ▁and ▁struck ▁him ▁down . ▁His ▁wife ▁surv ived ▁the ▁accident ▁as ▁he ▁had ▁pushed ▁her ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁way ▁of ▁the ▁on coming ▁car . ▁ ▁Like ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁sculpt ors ▁and ▁pain ters ▁of ▁the ▁day , ▁B itter ▁frequently ▁employed ▁the ▁services ▁of ▁the ▁muse ▁and ▁history ' s ▁first ▁" super ▁model ", ▁Aud rey ▁Mun son . ▁On ▁June ▁ 3 0 , ▁ 1 9 0 1 , ▁he ▁married ▁Marie ▁A . ▁Sh err ill , ▁of ▁C inc inn ati , ▁Ohio . ▁They ▁had ▁three ▁children : ▁Francis ▁T . ▁R . ▁B itter , ▁Mar iet ta ▁C . ▁E . ▁B itter ▁and ▁John ▁F . ▁B