Helen Searle

Helen Searle (* 1834 in Burlington , † November 1884 in Jacksonville , Morgan County (Illinois) ) was an American still life painter .

Life

Helen Searle, daughter of the architect Henry Searle, spent her childhood in Rochester, New York , from the age of three . Helen R. Searle began very early to paint her first flower and fruit still lifes, which she showed from 1863 in Rochester at the "Babies' Hospital Relief Bazar" and in the following year at the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy in Buffalo . Still learning the art of painting herself, Searle taught as a painting and drawing teacher at “Mrs. Bryan's Female Seminary ”in Batavia, Genesee County (New York) . In 1866, Searle had her first exhibition at the National Academy of Design in New York.

Fruit and Champagne, 1869

In 1867 she followed the call of the Düsseldorf School of Painting and was a private student of Johann Wilhelm Preyer until 1871 . According to contemporary reports, a student of Preyer's was found in Searle, who nearly reached his mastery. Her artistic development based on the lessons with Johann Preyer was highly praised by the daily press when her pictures were presented to the public, for example in March 1870 at the Bismeyer & Kraus art dealer in Düsseldorf.

In 1872 Searle returned to the United States and set up a studio in Washington, DC . In Düsseldorf, Helen Searle met the widowed American painter James William Pattison , whom she married in 1876. For some time the couple lived in the artists' colony north of Paris in Écouen . Pattison was represented in the Salon de Paris from 1879, 1880 and 1881. Searle herself showed a fruit still life under her maiden name at the Paris Salon in 1879. From 1882 they spent some time in Chicago and New York City until the painter couple moved to Jacksonville Illinois in 1884, where James William Pattison had received the direction of the "School of Fine Arts" at the "Jacksonville Female Academy". That same year, in November, Helen Pattison-Searle passed away.

Helen Pattison-Searle, established 19th century still life painter, had major commissions and exhibitions in Germany, the salons of Paris, as well as at the National Academy of Design in New York. Today, most of Searle's paintings are in private hands, but also in large public collections such as the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington or the Art Museum in Worcester .

Work (selection)

Studies of Red Grapes, 1848
Fruit still life with pumpkin
Fruits and Champagne, 1869
Fruits, Wine, and Fly, 1869
Still life with fruit
Fruit still life with Römer, 1873
Peonies, 1887
Carnations and Poppies, 1888

literature

General artist lexicon . KG Saur Verlag , Munich - Leipzig 1993-2006 ( online via De Gruyter online , subscription access)
Clara Erskine Clement: Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century BC to the Twentieth Century AD 1904
Hans Paffrath (Ed.): Lexicon of the Düsseldorf School of Painting 1819–1918. Volume 3: Nabert-Zwecker. Published by the Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf in the Ehrenhof and by the Paffrath Gallery. Bruckmann, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-7654-3011-0 , p. 268.

Web links

Helen Searle , on RKD
Helen Searle , at askart.com, accessed March 29, 2016

Individual evidence

↑ Your year of birth is uncertain. One finds in sources both 1830 and 1834
^ Lexicon of the Düsseldorf School of Painting 1819–1918 (in three volumes), Volume 3, published by the Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf and Galerie Paffrath. Bruckmann, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-7654-3011-0 , p. 268.
↑ Biography of James William Pattison (1844-1915) , on schwartzcollection.com, accessed on March 29, 2016
^ Helen R. Searle (American, 1830-1884) , at Princeton University Art Museum
↑ Helen R. Searle, Fruit Still Life with Pumpkin , on Van Ham artist database, accessed March 29, 2016
↑ Still life with fruit, wine, & fly, 1869 , on Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. Langstroth Collection. Art and Music Department. Cincinnati
^ Still Life with Fruit
↑ Helen Searle , from the Vollmer Collection, accessed on March 29, 2016
↑ Peonies, Watertown Free Public Library (United States - Watertown, Massachusetts)
^ Carnations and Poppies, in the Worcester Art Museum
↑ Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century BC to the Twentieth Century AD in Project Gutenberg ( currently usually not available for users from Germany )

personal data
SURNAME	Searle, Helen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Pattison, Helen; Pattison-Searle, Helen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American painter
DATE OF BIRTH	1834
PLACE OF BIRTH	Burlington
DATE OF DEATH	November 1884
Place of death	Jacksonville , Morgan County

[1] Your year of birth is uncertain. One finds in sources both 1830 and 1834

[2] Lexicon of the Düsseldorf School of Painting 1819–1918 (in three volumes), Volume 3, published by the Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf and Galerie Paffrath. Bruckmann, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-7654-3011-0 , p. 268.

[3] Biography of James William Pattison (1844-1915) , on schwartzcollection.com, accessed on March 29, 2016

[4] Helen R. Searle (American, 1830-1884) , at Princeton University Art Museum

[5] Helen R. Searle, Fruit Still Life with Pumpkin , on Van Ham artist database, accessed March 29, 2016

[6] Still life with fruit, wine, & fly, 1869 , on Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. Langstroth Collection. Art and Music Department. Cincinnati

[7] Still Life with Fruit

[8] Helen Searle , from the Vollmer Collection, accessed on March 29, 2016

[9] Peonies, Watertown Free Public Library (United States - Watertown, Massachusetts)

[10] Carnations and Poppies, in the Worcester Art Museum

[11] Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century BC to the Twentieth Century AD in Project Gutenberg ( currently usually not available for users from Germany )