Harding, Charlotte (1873-1951)
"Art Prize Winners: The Successful Students in The Times’ Easter Drawing Competition"
The formal announcement of awards is published elsewhere in The Times to-day, but a great deal of interest must centre on the personality of these clever students. Miss Charlotte Harding, who receives the first prize of $25 for her drawing of an Eastern scene in front of the Public Buildings, is already attracting attention as a student of more than ordinary ability.

Miss Harding was born in Newark, N.J., but her residence in this city almost from childhood entitles her to be called a Philadelphia girl. She was educated in our public schools, at tending first the School of Practice of the Normal School, and later on the Lincoln Grammar School. In 1889 she attended the examination at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, for the scholarships offered by the Board of Public Education to students of the grammar schools, and when the names of the fortunate candidates were announced Miss Harding’s was among the number, it is an indication of her talent and enthusiasm of purpose that she completed the four years’ Normal art course in three years, winning the William J. Horstmann fellowship in 1892, and in 1893 the George W. Childs gold medal
In 1894 Miss Harding received the scholarship offered annually to the School of Design by the Academy of the Fine Arts, where she studied composition and the figure and where she has been working this year in the night life class. Since the first of October she has been a student of Mr. Pyle’s class in illustration at the Drexel Institute, under whose instruction she has made excellent progress. While illustration has largely occupied Miss Harding’s attention she has painted considerably in water colors and four of her studies are hung in the exhibition now open at the Art Club.

The Times (Newspaper) (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) 05 April, 1896.

Submitted by Edward P. Bentley, Art Researcher and Historian, Greenville, Michigan.

Brown, Charlotte (Harding) (1873-1951)

Illustrator. Born Newark, New Jersey, 1873.

Daughter of Joseph and Charlotte Elizabeth (Matthews) Harding.

Educated Philadelphia School of Design for Women*, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts*.

Married, Philadelphia, 1905, James Adams Brown.

Silver Medal, London, England, Woman’s Exposition, 1900; silver medal St. Louis Exposition for illustrations.

Illustrations for magazines and books, Century, Harper’s, McClure’s, Collier’s Weekly, Harper’s Bazaar, etc.

Membership Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Plastic Club, Philadelphia;* Philadelphia Water Color Club.


Source:
Leonard, John William (editor) Woman’s Who’s Who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada. 1914-1915.

Submitted by Edward P. Bentley, Art Researcher and Historian, Greenville, Michigan.

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