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Nina Lumbard
Nina Lumbard | |
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Born | August 14, 1876 |
Died | December 4, 1972 |
Resting place | Mount Auburn Cemetery in Auburn Maine |
Nationality | American |
Known for | China painting |
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Nina Evangeline Lumbard (August 14, 1876 – December 4,1972) was an American ceramic painter, illustrator, and teacher who worked in Fremont and Omaha, Nebraska during the late nineteenth century.[1] During her brief career, she exhibited in the Colombian Exposition and Trans-Mississippi Exposition, taught at the early Omaha Art Institute situated in Hopse's music shop, and illustrated a multitude of local publications.
Early Life
Nina was born on August 14, 1876 in Fremont, Nebraska, the only daughter to Dwight and Mary Lumbard, a banker and housewife. Nina had four brothers, one of whom was killed in blah blah.
The Lumbard family was involved in the local Methodist church and Nina's mother in particular was heavily involved with the local women's clubs.[2] Following in her mother's footsteps, mother was actively involved in the various clubs and also did needlework.Dwight was a banker and Mary was a housewife who was Her father was a banker at the nd her mother was a housewife who was involved in t Nebraska. nd blank Lumbard in 1876. Both of Nina's parents were involved in the social clubs and the local Methodist Church. Nina had four brothers, one of whom was killed in who worked for the bank, in Fremont, Nebraska.[1] Her father was a and her mother were involved in the local Methodist church. Nina was involved in, entering her canned fruit and preserves into local competitions.
Artistic Career
In blank blank blank, Nina began entering her painted ceramics and watercolors into local state fairs.
took classes with William Merritt Chase and traveled to Europe to study art. She was engaged in many of the local clubs and entering her drawings and ceramics in local fairs.
figure out how other Wikipedia pages characterize their artists starting career. She exhibited four pieces at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. (only 17 at age)
Throughout the latter part of the 1890s, Nina spent her winters in Buffalo and New York taking art and design classes. It has been reported that at one point during these sojourns, she took lessons from William Merritt Chase, likely at his school.
In 1899, Nina opened a studio in the new Omaha Art Institute, which was housed within A. Hospe's music and art store.[3] Little is known about her career following the She was an artist. Studio in Omaha. Keramic magazine. The one illustration.. It appears as though her professional career as an artist. In between her time of the studio and the other one in the first, she spent time traveling around Europe and learning artistic techniques abroad, which she implemented into her works when she returned home. 1901 Fremont Tribune, first article sent by renee. 2nd article by renee, mentions that she went to New York to study. In 1900, used her home as a place for exhibition.
seemed to give lots of talks, Woman's Club in 1902.
Personal Life
On date, Nina married Ralph Lunn, a shoe salesman, at her family home in Fremont, Nebraska. Following their honeymoon, the couple moved to Augusta, Maine, where theon date, and moved to Augusta, Maine, the headquarters of the company following their honeymoon. Nina helped Lunn run the company. The couple had two children, blank in and Nina Jr. in year. Lunn passed away in march 1916. Mention that her father died around the same time? was struck by tragedy when, in august 1917, her father died.
She married Wallace White in 1917. and took on the duties of the senator wife.[4] During WWII, she worked as a Red Cross nurse in Washington D.C.
Death
Nina died at age 97 in Scottsdale, Arizona, where she was residing at the time.[5] She was laid to rest in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Auburn, Maine, where both of her husbands are also buried. Her epitaph reads, "I saw beauty everywhere."[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Nina Evangeline Lumbard White (1876-1972) - Find..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ^ Anonymous (May 13, 1942). "Mrs. Mary G. Lumbard: Mother of Shoe Mfgr. And of Mrs. Wallace White Dies". Sun-Journal. Lewiston, Maine. p. 9.
- ^ Humanities, National Endowment for the (1899-04-30). "Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, April 30, 1899, Editorial, Image 24". p. 24. ISSN 2169-7264. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
- ^ Anonymous (November 2, 1917). "Our Congressman Weds Auburn Lady in Simple Manner". The Bath Daily Times. Bath, Maine. p. 5.
- ^ Anonymous (December 7, 1972). "Mrs. Nina L. White: Widow of Former Congressman White Dies at Age 97". Lewiston Evening Journal. Lewiston, Maine. p. 2.
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