Born in Littleton, Massachusetts in 1832, she and other Boston women organized a painting class in 1868 taught by William Morris Hunt. The idea of a professional painting class for women was socially... Read full biography
Born in Littleton, Massachusetts in 1832, she and other Boston women organized a painting class in 1868 taught by William Morris Hunt. The idea of a professional painting class for women was socially acceptable only because he was so respected. After three years, he put her in charge of the class,... Read full biography
Born in Littleton, Massachusetts in 1832, she and other Boston women organized a painting class in 1868 taught by William Morris Hunt. The idea of a professional painting class for women was socially acceptable only because he was so respected. After three years, he put her in charge of the class, and in 1875, she wrote a book of his teaching methods, "Talks on Art." In 1879, she wrote a second book, which he illustrated. She lost many of her paintings in the Boston Fire of 1872 and then became... Read full biography
Born in Littleton, Massachusetts in 1832, she and other Boston women organized a painting class in 1868 taught by William Morris Hunt. The idea of a professional painting class for women was socially acceptable only because he was so respected. After three years, he put her in charge of the class, and in 1875, she wrote a book of his teaching methods, "Talks on Art." In 1879, she wrote a second book, which he illustrated. She lost many of her paintings in the Boston Fire of 1872 and then became an art critic for the "Boston Post." She painted in Europe with Ellen Day Hale and published a book of Hunt's life after his suicide. Source: "American Women Artists" by Charlotte Streifer Rubinstein.... Read full biography
Born in Littleton, Massachusetts in 1832, she and other Boston women organized a painting class in 1868 taught by William Morris Hunt. The idea of a professional painting class for women was socially acceptable only because he was so respected. After three years, he put her in charge of the class, and in 1875, she wrote a book of his teaching methods, "Talks on Art." In 1879, she wrote a second book, which he illustrated. She lost many of her paintings in the Boston Fire of 1872 and then became an art critic for the "Boston Post." She painted in Europe with Ellen Day Hale and published a book of Hunt's life after his suicide. Source: "American Women Artists" by Charlotte Streifer Rubinstein. ----------------------------------------------------------------------. Helen Mary Knowlton, born in Littleton, Mass. Aug. 16th, 1832. Helen Knowlton, painter, art teacher and writer,... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (22)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Vose Art Notes: A Guide for Collectors Circles of Influence, A Timeline
2004
Vose, Marcia (editor)
38 pages (color)
A Studio of Her Own: Women Artists in Boston, 1870-1940
2001
Hirshler, Erica E
227 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary
1995
Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller
612 pages
Art by American Women Collection Louise and Alan Sellars (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Sternberg, Paul E
146 pages (color)
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One)
1990
Gerdts, William H
421 pages (color)
Women Artists in White Mountains, 1840-1940
1990
MacIntyre, Frances S
10 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings
612 pages
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900
1985
Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie
851 pages
American Women Artists from Early Times to the Present
1982
Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer
560 pages (color)
American Painters Of the Impressionist Period Rediscovered
1975
Weber, Nicholas Fox
104 pages (color)
Women Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to Present
1973
Collins, Jim L.
426 pages
Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set) (Exhibition catalog)
1973
Naylor, Maria
1,075 pages
American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Two Volumes)
1969
Rathbone, Perry Townsend (Ed)
600 pages (color)
The New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860
1957
Groce, George; David Wallace
759 pages
National Academy of Design Exhibition Record, 1826-1860 (Exhibition catalog)
1943
Cowdrey, Mary Bartlett
0 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index