Pearl Aiman Van Sciver, painter and teacher, was born in Philadelphia in 1896. She studied at the Stevens School, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Moore Institute of Arts and... Read full biography
Pearl Aiman Van Sciver, painter and teacher, was born in Philadelphia in 1896. She studied at the Stevens School, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Moore Institute of Arts and Sciences, formerly known as the School of Design for Women. Among her instructors were Leopold Seyffert,... Read full biography
Pearl Aiman Van Sciver, painter and teacher, was born in Philadelphia in 1896. She studied at the Stevens School, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Moore Institute of Arts and Sciences, formerly known as the School of Design for Women. Among her instructors were Leopold Seyffert, Henry B. Snell, Elliot O'Hara, Paula Balano, Lazar Raditz and Violet Oakley. She was an enthusiastic horticulturalist with a beautiful garden and greenhouse at her residence, which became a source for... Read full biography
Pearl Aiman Van Sciver, painter and teacher, was born in Philadelphia in 1896. She studied at the Stevens School, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Moore Institute of Arts and Sciences, formerly known as the School of Design for Women. Among her instructors were Leopold Seyffert, Henry B. Snell, Elliot O'Hara, Paula Balano, Lazar Raditz and Violet Oakley. She was an enthusiastic horticulturalist with a beautiful garden and greenhouse at her residence, which became a source for so many of her ambitious, colorful floral still lifes. Other compositions included scenes encountered while traveling in New England, Canada, Mexico and Europe. She was a member of the Philadelphia Plastic Club, the National Association of Women... Read full biography
Pearl Aiman Van Sciver, painter and teacher, was born in Philadelphia in 1896. She studied at the Stevens School, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Moore Institute of Arts and Sciences, formerly known as the School of Design for Women. Among her instructors were Leopold Seyffert, Henry B. Snell, Elliot O'Hara, Paula Balano, Lazar Raditz and Violet Oakley. She was an enthusiastic horticulturalist with a beautiful garden and greenhouse at her residence, which became a source for so many of her ambitious, colorful floral still lifes. Other compositions included scenes encountered while traveling in New England, Canada, Mexico and Europe. She was a member of the Philadelphia Plastic Club, the National Association of Women Artists and was Vice-President of the Woodmere Art Museum in 1946, in addition to being a member of many other local and national groups. The recip... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (4)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
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
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 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