Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 412 pages of information about Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D..

Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 412 pages of information about Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D..

STACEY, ANNA L. Honorable mention at Exhibition of Chicago Artists, 1900; Young Fortnightly Club prize, 1902; Martin B. Cahn prize, Exhibition at Art Institute, Chicago, 1902.  Member of Chicago Society of Artists.  Born in Glasgow, Missouri.

Pupil of Art Institute in Chicago.  Paints portraits, figure subjects, and landscapes.  The Cahn prize was awarded to the “Village at Twilight.”  “Florence” is owned by the Klio Club; “Trophies of the Fields,” by the Union League Club, Chicago.

Recently Miss Stacey has painted a number of successful portraits.

STADING, EVELINA. Born in Stockholm. 1803-1829.  She was a pupil of Fahlcrantz for a time in her native city, and then went to Dresden, where she made a thorough study and some excellent copies of the works of Ruisdael.  In 1827 she went to Rome, making studies in Volzburg and the Tyrol en route.  She painted views in Switzerland and Italy, and two of her landscapes are in the gallery in Christiania.

STANLEY, LADY DOROTHY. Member of the Ladies’ Athenaeum Club.  Born in London.  Pupil of Sir Edward Poynter—­then Mr. Poynter—­and of M. Legros, at Slade School, University College, London; also of Carolus Duran and Henner in Paris.

Lady Stanley has exhibited at the Royal Academy, the new Gallery, at the English provincial exhibitions, and at the Salon, Paris.

Her picture, “His First Offence,” is in the Tate National Gallery; “Leap Frog,” in the National Gallery of Natal, Pietermaritzburg.  Other pictures of hers are “A Water Nymph,” “The Bathers,” etc., which are in private galleries.  “Leap Frog” was in the Academy exhibition, 1903.

STEBBINS, EMMA. 1815-1882.  Born in New York.  As an amateur artist Miss Stebbins made a mark by her work in black and white and her pictures in oils.  After a time she decided to devote herself to sculpture.  In Rome she studied this art and made her first success with a statuette of “Joseph.”  This was followed by “Columbus” and “Satan Descending to tempt Mankind.”  For Central Park, New York, she executed a large fountain, the subject being “The Angel of the Waters.”

STEPHENS, MRS. ALICE BARBER. Mary Smith prize, 1890.  Pupil of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and of the Julian Academy, Paris.  An illustrator whose favorite subjects are those of every-day home life—­the baby, the little child, the grandmother in cap and spectacles, etc.

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STEVENS, EDITH BARRETTO. Two scholarships and a prize of one hundred dollars from the Art Students’ League, of which she is a member.  Born in Houston, Virginia, in 1878.  Studied at Art Students’ League and under Daniel C. French and George Gray Barnard.

Miss Stevens mentions as her principal works “A Candlestick Representing a Girl Asleep under a Poppy,” “Figure of Spring,” and the “Spirit of Flame.”

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