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Like her aunt and mentor E. M. Scott, [6] Spafard was known for her botanical paintings. Her work was included in exhibitions at the National Academy of Design in 1888, [7] the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1896, [8] the American Water-Color Society in 1901 and 1903, [9] [10] [11] the Boston Art Club in 1902 and 1903, [12] [13] the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis in 1904 ...
Joseph Santos was born in Los Angeles, California, [4] where he lived until the age of five when his family moved to Eastern Washington.After graduating from Pasco High School (Pasco, Washington), Joseph attended Golden West College in Southern California (1984–1986) where he studied art technique and design while also working in his fathers art studio.
Jules Vallée Guérin was born in St Louis, Missouri on November 18, 1866 and his family moved to Chicago in 1880. As a teenager, he was employed as a painter in a Chicago theatrical scenery firm. By 1889 he is known to have shared a studio with Winsor McCay, the noted cartoonist. They influenced each other in their use of daring points of view.
1879 Peabody and Stearns building, home of the art school 1879–05 (razed 1919) former British Pavilion building, home of the art school 1905–25 (razed 1925). The St. Louis School of Fine Arts was founded as the Saint Louis School and Museum of Fine Arts in 1879 as part of Washington University in St. Louis, and has continuously offered visual arts and sculpture education since then.
Watercolor of lemons (Citrus limon) by Ellen Isham Schutt, 1910, showing red rot from five months of cold storage.Schutt worked for the United States Department of Agriculture between 1904 and 1914, part of a select cadre of illustrators that included Deborah Griscom Passmore, Amanda Newton, Royal Charles Steadman, J. Marion Shull, and Elsie Lower.
In 1866, Colman was one of the founders of the American Watercolor Society, and he became its first president [3] from 1867 to 1871. Colman also became skilled at the medium of etching . He was an early member of the New York Etching Club , and published popular etchings depicting European scenes.
In addition to her work as an art teacher, Margaret exhibited a watercolor at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri in 1904. [11] She was also a contributor to Keramic Studio, a china-painting publication. Her designs appeared in several issues of the specialty magazine between 1903 and 1913, most notably the March 1907 issue. [8] [12]
Ellis was born in Rochester on October 17, 1852, the oldest of four sons of Dewitt and Eliza Haseltine Ellis. Childhood drawings suggest an unusual artistic aptitude. After public grade school and, for a while, a private high school academy in Rochester, Ellis entered the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1871 but was among the first-year cadets discharged after seven months for ...