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1823 Paris, France - 1903 Falmouth, England. Known for: Genre, portrait, landscape.
A genre, landscape and portrait painter, Sophie Anderson was born in Paris, France and studied briefly there in 1843 with Alexandre Joseph Steuben. She may also have studied with her father, Charles... Read full biography
A genre, landscape and portrait painter, Sophie Anderson was born in Paris, France and studied briefly there in 1843 with Alexandre Joseph Steuben. She may also have studied with her father, Charles A.C. Gengembre, a well-known French architect . She came to America with her parents in 1849. The... Read full biography
A genre, landscape and portrait painter, Sophie Anderson was born in Paris, France and studied briefly there in 1843 with Alexandre Joseph Steuben. She may also have studied with her father, Charles A.C. Gengembre, a well-known French architect . She came to America with her parents in 1849. The family first settled in Cincinnati where she painted portraits of prominent persons and did illustrations for Henry Howe's book "Historical Collections of the Great West" (1851). Several years later,... Read full biography
A genre, landscape and portrait painter, Sophie Anderson was born in Paris, France and studied briefly there in 1843 with Alexandre Joseph Steuben. She may also have studied with her father, Charles A.C. Gengembre, a well-known French architect . She came to America with her parents in 1849. The family first settled in Cincinnati where she painted portraits of prominent persons and did illustrations for Henry Howe's book "Historical Collections of the Great West" (1851). Several years later, the family moved to Manchester, Pennsylvania, and Sophie married the artist, Walter Anderson, with whom she had collaborated in Cincinnati on a portfolio of portraits of US Protestant Episcopal Bishops. The couple settled in Europe, living mainly in... Read full biography
A genre, landscape and portrait painter, Sophie Anderson was born in Paris, France and studied briefly there in 1843 with Alexandre Joseph Steuben. She may also have studied with her father, Charles A.C. Gengembre, a well-known French architect . She came to America with her parents in 1849. The family first settled in Cincinnati where she painted portraits of prominent persons and did illustrations for Henry Howe's book "Historical Collections of the Great West" (1851). Several years later, the family moved to Manchester, Pennsylvania, and Sophie married the artist, Walter Anderson, with whom she had collaborated in Cincinnati on a portfolio of portraits of US Protestant Episcopal Bishops. The couple settled in Europe, living mainly in England, with some time spent on the Isle of Capri, but she continued to be active in the United States with exhibitions in 1860 and 1883 a... Read full biography
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Keywords (21)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Portraits, Portraiture
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •England, Great Britain Before 1900, London
- •Europe
- •Expatriate from USA or Canada
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
Chronology
- •Early 19th Century Before Civil War
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
- •Neville-Strass Collection
Added Description
- •Genre Specialty
- •Portrait Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition By An Art School
- •Royal Academy of the Arts, England
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts