Ethel Blanchard Collver (1875 - November 10, 1955) was an American Impressionist artist and teacher who was best known for her portraits of children, scenes of daily life, and landscapes.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Ethel Blanchard Collver | |
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| Born | 1875 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | 1955 (aged 79–80) |
| Alma mater | Académie Colarossi |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Impressionism |
Biography
editBorn and raised in Boston, Ethel Blanchard Collver studied at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Her early work was influenced by teachers at the school; Frank W. Benson, Edmund C. Tarbel and Philip L. Hale. After graduation she studied briefly with Charles Hawthorne.[7][4][8] Her subject matter included children's portraits, scenes of daily life, and landscapes. She used a variety of mediums which included oils on canvas, miniatures on shell, drawings in pencil and charcoal, water colors, and etchings.[9][10][11][5]
By 1904 Collver began specializing in miniatures and portrait paintings, becoming a prolific and recognized portrait painter of children. Although continuing portrait work throughout her career, she broadened her artwork interests while spending a year (1919 - 1920) in Paris at the Académie Colarossi as a pupil of Charles Guerino, Bernard Naudin, and Henri Morrissey. While studying in Paris her specialties expanded to include daily life scenes and landscapes. In 1932 she returned to Paris to study with Audre L'Hote and Amédée Ozenfant.[4][8][2][12][13]
She married the travel writer Leon L. Collver in 1906 and together they began traveling the world. In addition to portrait painting, Collver's work reflects her experiences in Japan, France, Italy, Spain, Greece, England, the Dalmatian Coast, Jerusalem, Algiers, Cairo, Jamaica and the West Indies. When she was not traveling abroad, she lived in several U.S. cities in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and Florida. As with her foreign paintings, her domestic daily life paintings reflect those East Coast locations. Whether foreign or domestic, the subject matter of her daily life scenes focused especially on children and women at parks and gardens, at the beach and at marketplaces.[10][14][4][15][11][16][17]'
As a recognized minor artist Collver presented lectures and taught art workshops in Boston, New York, Greenwich and Ft. Lauderdale. Also, she organized and led a two-month traveling art workshop to Paris.[18][7][19][20][21][2]
Recognition
editWhile studying in Paris in 1920, Collver's oil painting titled "February in the Luxembourg" was selected for exhibition at the Spring Salon of the Societe Nationale des Beaux Artes.[7][18][10][22] Her work has been exhibited in several museums and galleries on the East Coast including the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the National Academy of Design in New York, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, the Copley Society of Boston, Doll and Richards in Boston, the Allbright Museum in Buffalo, and in Chicago at the American Art Today exhibition at the World's Fair 1939.[2][7][4][18][23][24]
In 1934 the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors awarded Collver the Olive Nobel Prize for Decorative Painting for her oil painting entitled "Manhattan Patterns".[2][18][25][26]
References
edit- ^ "OBITUARIES". Corpus Christi Times. November 11, 1955.
- ^ a b c d e Who's Who in the East. Vol. 2. Boston: Larkin, Roosevelt & Larkin. 1948. p. 365.
- ^ "Overview" and "Quick Facts",www.AskArt-keywords/Ethel Blanchard Collver, p 1
- ^ a b c d e Broderick, Catherine (September 12, 1933). "Our Noted Neighbors". Daily News Graphic. Greenwich, Conn.
- ^ a b "Music and Art: Portrait Drawings by E. Blanchard Collver". The Christian Science Monitor. February 23, 1923.
- ^ "Mrs. Collver's Work Exhibited at Darien", Greenwich Press,June 20, 1929
- ^ a b c d Petteys, Chris (1985). Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900. G.K. Hall. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-8161-8456-9.
- ^ a b Doran, Geneviere C., ed. (1986). Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors and Engravers by Mantle Fielding. Green Farms, Connecticut: Modern Books and Crafts. p. 72.
- ^ "American Art News, Vol. 20, no. 39". American Art News. 20 (39): 1–10. 1922. JSTOR 25590001.
- ^ a b c "American Art News, Vol. 19, no. 20". American Art News. 19 (20): 1–8. 1921. JSTOR 25589769.
- ^ a b "Mrs. Collver, Guild Exhibitor, Likes to Paint Children". Darien Observer. Darien, Connecticut. June 1929.
- ^ Woodward, Sidney, "Paintings of Boston Artist on Exhibit", Boston Post, December 10, 1920
- ^ "The Fine Arts: Mrs. Collver's Pictures", Boston Evening Transcript, December 9, 1920.
- ^ "Native Quarter, Kingston, Jamaica - Etching by Ethel Blanchard Collver". The Christian Science Monitor. Boston. March 6, 1931.
- ^ M.J. Curl, "Boston Artists and Sculptors Talk of their Work and Ideals", XVIII, Ethel Blanchard Collver", Boston Herald, November or December, 1920
- ^ "American Art News, Vol. 20, no. 5". American Art News. 20 (5): 1–10. 1921. JSTOR 25589853.
- ^ "Mrs. Collver's Work Exhibited at the Darien", The Greenwich Press, June 20, 1929.
- ^ a b c d Falk, Peter Hastings, ed. (1999). Who Was Who in American Art 1564 - 1979. Madison, Connecticut: Sound View Press. p. 701.
- ^ Broderick, Daily News Graphic, September 12, 1933
- ^ "The Art News, Vol. 22, no. 23". The Art News. 22 (23): 1–12. 1924. JSTOR 25591383.
- ^ "The Art News, Vol. 22, no. 36". The Art News. 22 (36): 1–8. 1924. JSTOR 25591428.
- ^ "The Fine Arts, Boston Artist in Paris". Boston Transcript. 1 April 1920.
- ^ "Native Quarter, Kingston, JAMAICA", The Christian Science Monitor, March 6, 1931
- ^ "Women Artists Hold Exhibition at Beach Gallery", The Miami Daily News, December 29, 1940.
- ^ Read, Helen Appleton, "Women Painters and Sculptors Give Good Account of Themselves in Annual Show, Women Artists", Daily Eagle, New York, January 14, 1934
- ^ "Greenwich Artist is Awarded Honor", The Greenwich Press, January 18, 1934.