Alice Brown Chittenden

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Alice Brown Chittenden

Alice Brown Chittenden (born October 14, 1859 in Brockport , Monroe County , New York ; † October 13, 1944 in San Francisco , California ) was an American painter who mainly painted flowers, portraits and landscapes and received various awards for them and the winner is. She also taught at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art (now the San Francisco Art Institute ) from 1897 to 1941 .

Life

  • Joseph Gladding Chittenden , 1893

  • Ann Miriam Green Chittenden , 1893

Alice Brown Chittenden was born on October 14, 1859, the daughter of Joseph Gladding Chittenden (1826-1897) and Ann Miriam Green Chittenden (1826-1901) in Brockport , New York State . Her parents had actually moved to San Francisco the year before , but her mother was returning to Brockport for her birth. Alice Chittenden also had a sister, Carrie, who was two years her junior.

Because her father worked in a timber factory in San Francisco, Alice Chittenden attended the Denman Grammar School on site. When she graduated in 1876, she won the silver medal as the second best in her class. She then studied at the School of Design (now the San Francisco Art Institute ) from 1880 to 1882 , where she also won various medals for her pictures. In 1886 she married Charles Parshall Overton, but left him a year later and returned to her parents. A few months later, their daughter Miriam Overton was born. In 1897 her father died. Alice Chittenden then divorced her husband in 1900 and continued to live in San Francisco with her daughter and mother. Alice Chittenden did not remarry afterwards.

Alice Brown Chittenden died in San Francisco on October 13, 1944, at the age of 84, the day before her 85th birthday.

Awards

Alice Chittenden won the following awards, among others:

  • Gold Medal: San Francisco Exposition of Arts and Industries , 1891
  • two silver medals: California State Fair , 1891/92
  • Silver Medal: San Francisco Industrial Exposition , 1893
  • Silver Medal: California Mid Winter International Exposition , 1894
  • Silver Medal: World's Columbian Exposition , Chicago, 1902/03
  • Silver Medal: Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of Seattle , 1909
  • Silver Medal: Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition of Portland , 1905

literature

  • Rebecca Deville: Alice Brown Chittenden: Reconsidering the Role of San Francisco Women Artists in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries. University of California, Davis , 2007.
  • Alice Eastwood, Edward Hohfeld, May Treat Morrison: Alice Eastwood Collection. 1942.
  • Peter Hastings Falk: Who Was Who in American Art. Sound View Press, Madison (Connecticut) 1985.

gallery

  • Crysanthemums , 1888

  • Roses , 1898

  • Wiscasset Farm , ca. 1902-1904

  • La Seine at Bougival , 1907

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personal data
SURNAME Brown Chittenden, Alice
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American painter
DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Brockport , Monroe County , New York
DATE OF DEATH October 13, 1944
Place of death San Francisco , California