Caroline Amelia Powell (1852–1935) was an Irish-born American engraver and illustrator. She was the first woman to become a member of the Society of American Wood Engravers.
Caroline Amelia Powell | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1852 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 1935 (aged 82–83) Boston, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Illustration, Printmaking |
Biography
editPowell was born in 1852 in Dublin, Ireland.[1] She studied at Cooper Union and the National Academy of Design, both located in New York City.[2] Her teachers included the engravers William James Linton and Timothy Cole.[3]
Around 1880 Powell's work began appearing in magazines such as The Century Magazine and Scribner's Monthly.[4]
Powell exhibited her work in the Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[3] She also exhibited at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.[4]
Powell's wood engravings reproduced art work by her contemporaries including Fritz von Uhde, Abbott H. Thayer, John La Farge, and James Abbott McNeill Whistler.[4] She became the first woman admitted to the Society of American Wood Engravers.[3] As the art of wood engraving fell from use, Powell worked using the halftone process. She worked for 18 years at the Riverside Press, now Riverside Publishing in Cambridge.[4]
Powell died in 1935 in Boston, Massachusetts.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Caroline Amelia Powell". National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ a b "Caroline Amelia Powell". AskArt. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ a b c Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Monographs on American Wood Engravers: Caroline Amelia Powell". Printing Art. 13. University Press: 188–194. 1918.
External links
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Media related to Caroline Amelia Powell at Wikimedia Commons
- . . Dublin: Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. pp. – via Wikisource.