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1859 Brockport, New York - 1944 San Francisco, California. Known for: Wildflower, portrait, landscape and genre painting.
Born in Brockport, NY on Oct. 14, 1859, Alice Chittenden came to San Francisco as a child. Her father, a prosperous miner, encouraged her art studies. Beginning a long affiliation with the School of... Read full biography
Born in Brockport, NY on Oct. 14, 1859, Alice Chittenden came to San Francisco as a child. Her father, a prosperous miner, encouraged her art studies. Beginning a long affiliation with the School of Design, she studied there in 1877 under Virgil Williams and then taught at that school for 43 years.... Read full biography
Born in Brockport, NY on Oct. 14, 1859, Alice Chittenden came to San Francisco as a child. Her father, a prosperous miner, encouraged her art studies. Beginning a long affiliation with the School of Design, she studied there in 1877 under Virgil Williams and then taught at that school for 43 years. Her marriage to Charles Overton in 1886 was short-lived, and after their divorce she never remarried. Over the years she made several trips to New York, France, and Italy to exhibit and study.... Read full biography
Born in Brockport, NY on Oct. 14, 1859, Alice Chittenden came to San Francisco as a child. Her father, a prosperous miner, encouraged her art studies. Beginning a long affiliation with the School of Design, she studied there in 1877 under Virgil Williams and then taught at that school for 43 years. Her marriage to Charles Overton in 1886 was short-lived, and after their divorce she never remarried. Over the years she made several trips to New York, France, and Italy to exhibit and study. Chittenden was active as a teacher and painter in San Francisco until her death there on Oct. 13, 1944. A prolific painter, she painted 350 varieties of California's wildflowers, a few portraits, and many landscapes. Member: SFAA; SF Women Artists; Sketch... Read full biography
Born in Brockport, NY on Oct. 14, 1859, Alice Chittenden came to San Francisco as a child. Her father, a prosperous miner, encouraged her art studies. Beginning a long affiliation with the School of Design, she studied there in 1877 under Virgil Williams and then taught at that school for 43 years. Her marriage to Charles Overton in 1886 was short-lived, and after their divorce she never remarried. Over the years she made several trips to New York, France, and Italy to exhibit and study. Chittenden was active as a teacher and painter in San Francisco until her death there on Oct. 13, 1944. A prolific painter, she painted 350 varieties of California's wildflowers, a few portraits, and many landscapes. Member: SFAA; SF Women Artists; Sketch Club (SF). Exh: School of Design, 1879 (silver medal); SFAA from 1879; Expo. of Art and Indu. Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940".... Read full biography
Alice Brown Chittenden - Artist Info
About Alice Brown Chittenden: Keywords
Keywords (38)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Botanics, Plant Life
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Desert Landscape
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
- •Northern California Before 1900
Art Association
- •American Federation of Arts
- •San Francisco Art Association-
Art School
- •California School of Design, Mark Hopkins Institute, Student
- •California School of Design/Mark Hopkins Institute, Teaching
Awards/Recognition
- •Avery Medal, California School of Design
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Genre Specialty
- •Still Life Specialty
- •Wikipedia Category of Top American Women Painters
- •Wildflower Specialty
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Del Monte Art Gallery, Monterey
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939, 1940
- •World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1892-1893
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •San Francisco Art Association