Adelaide Johnson

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Adelaide Johnson

Adelaide Johnson (born September 26, 1859 in Plymouth , Illinois , † November 10, 1955 in Washington, DC ) was an American sculptor.

Life

Adelaide Johnson is the daughter of Christopher and Margareth Johnson. Originally from rural Plymouth , Illinois , she later attended the St. Louis School of Design. In 1878 she changed her name from Sarah Adeline to Adelaide Johnson.

Bust of Caroline B. Winslow

After an accident in 1882, Adelaide Johnson received $ 15,000 in compensation. With the money she was able to study painting in Dresden from 1883 and from 1884 in Rome with Giulio Monteverde . There, as well as in Carrara, London, New York, Chicago and Washington, she moved into temporary studios.

In 1893, she exhibited busts of the suffragettes Lucretia Mott , Susan B. Anthony , Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Caroline B. Winslow in the Women's Pavilion of the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago .

In 1896 Adelaide Johnson married the businessman Alexander Frederick Jenkins, who was eleven years his junior. The marriage broke up in 1908.

Her main work is her Memorial to the Pioneers of the Woman's Suffrage Movement. The contract was brokered by the New York suffragette Alva Belmont . Today the monument is located in the rotunda in the Capitol , where it was transferred from the crypt in 1997 . The work was presented to the public on February 15, 1921, the birthday of Susan Anthony.

Johnson (left) at the unveiling of the Portrait Monument to Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony in 1921.

From the 1930s she was dependent on financial help. The consequence of the financial situation was an impending eviction , which she met in 1939 with the destruction of several busts in the presence of the press. She is said to have escaped eviction through Sol Bloom's intervention .

In 1947 she moved in with friends and appeared on a quiz show to win money.

Installation of the statue in the rotunda of the Capitol

Adelaide Johnson played with the correct indication of her age. On her marriage certificate she is said to have dated herself three years younger. She also stated that she was celebrating her 100th birthday when she was only 88 years old. She died at the age of 96 and is buried in Washington DC in the Congressional Cemetery.

Works

literature

  • Jean B. Cook: Life in Marble - Speech in Silence, Adelaide Jonson and Her Work. In: The New American Women. June 1917.
  • Wayne Craven: Sculpture in America. University of Delaware Press, 1984.
  • Inez Haynes Irwin: The Story of Alice Paul and the National Woman's Party. Denlinger Press, 1977.
  • Virgil E. McMahan: Washington Artists Born Before 1900. Washington, DC, 1976.
  • Edith Mayo: Johnson, A. In: Notable American Women: The Modern Period. Harvard University Press, 1980, pp. 380-381.
  • Jeanne Madeline Weimann: The Fair Women. Chicago Academy, 1981.
  • Female Artists, Past and Present. Women's History Research Center, California, 1974
  • Shirley J. Burton: Adelaide Johnson: to make immortal their adventurous will. Western Illinois University 1986
  • Carol Kort, Liz Sonneborn: A to Z of American Women in the Visual Arts . New York: Facts on File, 2002.
  • Donald R. Kennon, Thomas P. Somma: Sculptural and Artistic Decoration of the United States Capitol , Athens, OH: Ohio University Press 2004

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Shirley J. Burton, Women Making a Difference: Ida Craddock, Adelaide Johnson, and Laura Dainty Pelham. September 3, 2006, accessed December 27, 2018 .
  2. ^ A b Johnson Autograph Sentiment on Anthony Stamp by Adelaide Johnson on Priscilla Juvelis, Inc. Retrieved December 27, 2018 (American English).
  3. ^ Maggie Esteves: Adelaide Johnson: Artist with Flair. In: US Capitol Historical Society. March 28, 2012, accessed December 28, 2018 .
  4. ↑ a b c Frank Faragasso, Doug Stover: Adelaide Johnson - A Marriage of Art and Politics. June 12, 2007, accessed December 27, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Edith Mayo: Adelaide Johnson. In: Notable American Women. 1980, accessed December 27, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Portrait Monument to Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. Retrieved December 27, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Bust of Lucretia Mott by Adelaide Johnson. Retrieved December 27, 2018 .
  8. ↑ [1]
personal data
SURNAME Johnson, Adelaide
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sculptress
DATE OF BIRTH September 26, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Plymouth , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH November 10, 1955
Place of death Washington, DC