Cantor Arts Center, Stanford
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Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA 94305
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA 94305
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1837 Boston, Massachusetts - 1917 Florence, Italy. Known for: Peasant genre painting, botanic studies, book illustration.
Alexander, "Francesca", also known as Ester Frances. Ester Alexander, of Boston, was known for her kind deeds, her "sensitive" drawings of the people and landscape of Italy, especially the peasants... Read full biography
Alexander, "Francesca", also known as Ester Frances. Ester Alexander, of Boston, was known for her kind deeds, her "sensitive" drawings of the people and landscape of Italy, especially the peasants whose folk songs she recorded and who became subjects of her poetry. She was discovered by John... Read full biography
Alexander, "Francesca", also known as Ester Frances. Ester Alexander, of Boston, was known for her kind deeds, her "sensitive" drawings of the people and landscape of Italy, especially the peasants whose folk songs she recorded and who became subjects of her poetry. She was discovered by John Ruskin, prominent English artist and writer who was associated with the Aesthetic Movement in Europe. He purchased 122 drawings from Alexander and referred to her as his "Sorella" and to her mother as his... Read full biography
Alexander, "Francesca", also known as Ester Frances. Ester Alexander, of Boston, was known for her kind deeds, her "sensitive" drawings of the people and landscape of Italy, especially the peasants whose folk songs she recorded and who became subjects of her poetry. She was discovered by John Ruskin, prominent English artist and writer who was associated with the Aesthetic Movement in Europe. He purchased 122 drawings from Alexander and referred to her as his "Sorella" and to her mother as his "Mammina". She lived most of her life in Italy with her expatriate parents, Francis Alexander and Lucia Gray Swett Alexander. Her father was a self-taught portrait painter, and her mother was a domineering woman from a wealthy Massachusetts family,... Read full biography
Alexander, "Francesca", also known as Ester Frances. Ester Alexander, of Boston, was known for her kind deeds, her "sensitive" drawings of the people and landscape of Italy, especially the peasants whose folk songs she recorded and who became subjects of her poetry. She was discovered by John Ruskin, prominent English artist and writer who was associated with the Aesthetic Movement in Europe. He purchased 122 drawings from Alexander and referred to her as his "Sorella" and to her mother as his "Mammina". She lived most of her life in Italy with her expatriate parents, Francis Alexander and Lucia Gray Swett Alexander. Her father was a self-taught portrait painter, and her mother was a domineering woman from a wealthy Massachusetts family, who spent much of her time doing charity work and making sure that her daughter was protected from outsid... Read full biography
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About Francesca Esther Frances (Fanny) Alexander: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (2)
All MuseumsThe Columbus Museum (COMU)
1251 Wynnton Road
Columbus, GA 31906