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'''Ethel Evans''' (1866–1929) was an American painter. |
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= Ethel Evans = |
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⚫ | Evans was born in [[Mount Pleasant, Iowa]]. She stayed in the [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]] until traveling to Paris in 1895, where she both studied and exhibited art. In 1910 she had a near-death experience when a gas explosion occurred underneath the streetcar she was riding in. From 1917 to 1928, she travelled with her older sister, Elizabeth Evans Lindsey, to locations including Cuba, [[Florida]], [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico,]] and Colombia. She died in 1929 in [[New York City]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ethel Evans - Biography |url=https://www.askart.com/artist/Ethel_Evans/88438/Ethel_Evans.aspx |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=askart.com}}</ref> |
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== Career == |
== Career == |
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⚫ | Early in her career, Evans was student at the [[Art Students League of New York]] and at the [[Philadelphia School of Design for Women]], later named [[Moore College of Art and Design|Moore College of Art]]. In 1891, Evans exhibited with one of [[Nebraska]]'s earliest art organizations, the Western Art Association.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1891-12-13 |title=western art assoc, 1891 Omaha |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/omaha-daily-bee-western-art-assoc-1891/24140848/ |access-date=2024-04-05 |work=Omaha Daily Bee |page=3}}</ref> She also exhibited for the Art Club in [[Lincoln, Nebraska]], at the same time. From 1892 to 1895, Ethel was the Omaha Public School Supervisor of Drawing. She wrote for the ''[[Omaha Daily Bee]]'' several times, and designed the 1895 May Day column logo, which had been turned over to women editors for the holiday.<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Trans-Mississippi and International Expositions of 1898-1899: art, anthropology, and popular culture at the fin de siècle |date=2018 |publisher=University of Nebraska Press |isbn=978-1-4962-0436-3 |editor-last=Katz |editor-first=Wendy Jean |location=Lincoln, Nebraska}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Trans-Mississippi International Exposition |url=https://trans-mississippi.unl.edu/texts/view/transmiss.news.odb.18980626.html |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=trans-mississippi.unl.edu}}</ref> While living in the United States, she taught art in [[Omaha]] public schools. |
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⚫ | Evans was in Paris for instruction from 1895 to 1898, where she lived at the address Bara rue II.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gerdts |first=William H. |title=Art across America: two centuries of regional painting 1710-1920 |date=1990 |publisher=Abbeville press |isbn=978-1-55859-033-5 |location=New York}}</ref> Her teachers included [[Raphaël Collin|Raphael Collin]] and {{Ill|Augustus Koopman|fr}}.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fink |first=Lois Marie |title=American art at the nineteenth-century Paris salons |date=1990 |publisher=National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Inst.|isbn=978-0-521-38499-5 |edition=1. publ |location=Washington, D.C.}}</ref> While in Paris, she exhibited at the [[Salon (Paris)|Paris Salon]] of 1897. After coming back from Paris, she became Teacher of Mechanical Drawing in Omaha. Later, while traveling with her sister, she exhibited in the February 1914 American Women Art Association show at rue de Chevreuse.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AWAA Twentieth-Century Exhibitions {{!}} Reid Hall |url=https://reidhall.globalcenters.columbia.edu/content/awaa-twentieth-century-exhibitions |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=reidhall.globalcenters.columbia.edu}}</ref> Her memberships included the [[National Association of Women Artists|National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors]] and the Pen and Brush Club of New York.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Petteys |first=Chris |title=Dictionary of women artists: an international dictionary of women artists born before 1900 |date=1985 |publisher=G.K. Hall |isbn=978-0-8161-8456-9 |location=Boston, Mass}}</ref> |
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⚫ | Early in her career Evans was student at the Art Students League |
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⚫ | Evans was in Paris for instruction from 1895 |
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== References == |
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== External links == |
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* https://richardnortongallery.com/artists/ethel-evans |
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* https://library.frick.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/1qqhid8/alma991002787329707141 |
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* https://www.askart.com/auction_records/Ethel_Evans/88438/Ethel_Evans.aspx |
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* https://trans-mississippi.unl.edu/texts/view/transmiss.news.odb.18980626.html |
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[[Category:1866 births]] |
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[[Category:1929 deaths]] |
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[[Category:Artists from Iowa]] |
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[[Category:20th-century American women painters]] |
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[[Category:20th-century American painters]] |
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[[Category:American Impressionist painters]] |
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[[Category:Impressionist artists]] |
Revision as of 03:53, 29 April 2024
Ethel Evans (1866–1929) was an American painter.
Personal life
Evans was born in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. She stayed in the Midwest until traveling to Paris in 1895, where she both studied and exhibited art. In 1910 she had a near-death experience when a gas explosion occurred underneath the streetcar she was riding in. From 1917 to 1928, she travelled with her older sister, Elizabeth Evans Lindsey, to locations including Cuba, Florida, Puerto Rico, and Colombia. She died in 1929 in New York City.[1]
Career
Early in her career, Evans was student at the Art Students League of New York and at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, later named Moore College of Art. In 1891, Evans exhibited with one of Nebraska's earliest art organizations, the Western Art Association.[2] She also exhibited for the Art Club in Lincoln, Nebraska, at the same time. From 1892 to 1895, Ethel was the Omaha Public School Supervisor of Drawing. She wrote for the Omaha Daily Bee several times, and designed the 1895 May Day column logo, which had been turned over to women editors for the holiday.[3][4] While living in the United States, she taught art in Omaha public schools.
Evans was in Paris for instruction from 1895 to 1898, where she lived at the address Bara rue II.[5] Her teachers included Raphael Collin and Augustus Koopman .[6] While in Paris, she exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1897. After coming back from Paris, she became Teacher of Mechanical Drawing in Omaha. Later, while traveling with her sister, she exhibited in the February 1914 American Women Art Association show at rue de Chevreuse.[7] Her memberships included the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors and the Pen and Brush Club of New York.[8]
References
- ^ "Ethel Evans - Biography". askart.com. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
- ^ "western art assoc, 1891 Omaha". Omaha Daily Bee. 1891-12-13. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ^ Katz, Wendy Jean, ed. (2018). The Trans-Mississippi and International Expositions of 1898-1899: art, anthropology, and popular culture at the fin de siècle. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-1-4962-0436-3.
- ^ "Trans-Mississippi International Exposition". trans-mississippi.unl.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
- ^ Gerdts, William H. (1990). Art across America: two centuries of regional painting 1710-1920. New York: Abbeville press. ISBN 978-1-55859-033-5.
- ^ Fink, Lois Marie (1990). American art at the nineteenth-century Paris salons (1. publ ed.). Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Inst. ISBN 978-0-521-38499-5.
- ^ "AWAA Twentieth-Century Exhibitions | Reid Hall". reidhall.globalcenters.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
- ^ Petteys, Chris (1985). Dictionary of women artists: an international dictionary of women artists born before 1900. Boston, Mass: G.K. Hall. ISBN 978-0-8161-8456-9.