Cantor Arts Center, Stanford
Lomita Drive/Museum Way
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA 94305
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA 94305
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1834 Salem, Massachusetts - 1923 North Canaan, Connecticut. Known for: Bird and floral studies, holiday card designer.
Born in Salem, Massachusetts, Fidelia Bridges became a specialist in detailed watercolor studies of plants and flowers and birds in their natural surroundings. This was a time when watercolor became... Read full biography
Born in Salem, Massachusetts, Fidelia Bridges became a specialist in detailed watercolor studies of plants and flowers and birds in their natural surroundings. This was a time when watercolor became increasingly respected. She was a follower of the Pre-Raphaelite* movement in art, the close-focus,... Read full biography
Born in Salem, Massachusetts, Fidelia Bridges became a specialist in detailed watercolor studies of plants and flowers and birds in their natural surroundings. This was a time when watercolor became increasingly respected. She was a follower of the Pre-Raphaelite* movement in art, the close-focus, detailed, small scale watercolor technique espoused by John Ruskin. Of her painting of this period, landscapist John Kensett wrote in Art Journal: 'Her works are like little lyric poems, and she... Read full biography
Born in Salem, Massachusetts, Fidelia Bridges became a specialist in detailed watercolor studies of plants and flowers and birds in their natural surroundings. This was a time when watercolor became increasingly respected. She was a follower of the Pre-Raphaelite* movement in art, the close-focus, detailed, small scale watercolor technique espoused by John Ruskin. Of her painting of this period, landscapist John Kensett wrote in Art Journal: 'Her works are like little lyric poems, and she dwells with loving touches on each of her birds like blossoms atilt among the leaves'. (Rubinstein 62). However, later in her career, her style became somewhat looser in that the backgrounds were less defined. She was also an illustrator, a part of her... Read full biography
Born in Salem, Massachusetts, Fidelia Bridges became a specialist in detailed watercolor studies of plants and flowers and birds in their natural surroundings. This was a time when watercolor became increasingly respected. She was a follower of the Pre-Raphaelite* movement in art, the close-focus, detailed, small scale watercolor technique espoused by John Ruskin. Of her painting of this period, landscapist John Kensett wrote in Art Journal: 'Her works are like little lyric poems, and she dwells with loving touches on each of her birds like blossoms atilt among the leaves'. (Rubinstein 62). However, later in her career, her style became somewhat looser in that the backgrounds were less defined. She was also an illustrator, a part of her career that began in 1876 when she sold her first watercolors to publisher and chromolithographer* Louis Prang. For Prang,... Read full biography
Fidelia Bridges - Artist Info
About Fidelia Bridges: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (10)
All MuseumsDenver Art Museum
100 West 14th Avenue Parkway
Denver, CO 80204Graphic Arts Collection, National Museum of American History
MRC 633, PO Box 37012
Washington, DC 20013-7012National Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004Peabody Essex Museum
East India Square
161 Essex Square
Salem, MA 01970The Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238-6052The Columbus Museum (COMU)
1251 Wynnton Road
Columbus, GA 31906University of Michigan Museum of Art, UMMA
525 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1354University of Wyoming Art Museum
Centennial Complex
2111 Willett Drive
Laramie, WY 82071Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
600 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103-2990