Nina E. Allender

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Nina Evans Allender, between 1913 and 1915

Nina Evans Allender (born December 25, 1873 in Auburn , Kansas , † April 2, 1957 in Plainfield , New Jersey ) was an American artist , cartoonist and feminist .

Life

Early years

Nina Evans' father, David Evans, came to Kansas from New York, where he was a teacher and later headmaster. She studied painting , first at the Corcoran School of Art and from 1903 to 1907 at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts . In 1893, at the age of 19, she married Charles H. Allender, who, however, left her for another woman in 1905 after emptying her bank account. She never married again. For a few years she studied in Spain and London and from 1903 to 1907 at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

In 1906 Charles Sheeler and Morton Livingston Schamberg drew a portrait of her that is currently on display at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC . In 1916 she moved to Washington, DC, from there to Chicago , Illinois in 1942 and to Plainfield , New Jersey in 1956 , where she died a year later.

Career

"American Woman: Is It Not Enough?" 1918, published by The Suffragist
Nina Evans Allender at the desk

By 1910, Allender joined the National American Woman's Suffrage Association (NAWSA) and became president. She fought for women's rights and participated in many demonstrations. In 1913 she also became president of the Stanton Suffrage Club (SSC). With around 400 members, it was the largest association of feminists in the District of Columbia . Between 1913 and 1921, she began her career as a cartoonist with the National Woman's Party (NWP). She brought out over 150 cartoons there. She was the most important artist for this publication. After Alice Paul inspired her to do so, she became the official cartoonist for The Suffragist . On June 6, 1914, she brought out her first cartoon in 10:13 format.

death

Nina Evans Allander died on April 2, 1957 in the house of her niece Mrs. Frank Detweiler in Plainfield , where she was staying. After her death, her drawings were included in the Library of Congress . They later went to the Sewall-Belmont House and Museum of the National Woman's Party and were partially printed there.

Activity in art organizations

"Victory," 1920 published by The Suffragist
  • Arts Club of Washington , DC
  • Art Students League of Washington
  • Beaux Arts Club
  • The Society of Washington Artists
  • Washington Watercolor Club

Exhibitions

Nina Allander's works have been exhibited in the following locations:

Web links

Commons : Nina E. Allender  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
  • CV on spokeo.com

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alice Sheppard: Cartooning for Suffrage. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 1994, ISBN 0-826-31458-9 , p. 276 ( online ).
  2. ↑ a b c Elizabeth S. Bell: Introduction. In: Words That Must Somehow Be Said. Selected essays of Kay Boyle, 1927-1984. North Point Press, San Francisco 1985, ISBN 0-865-47187-8 , p. 10.
  3. ↑ Nina Allender 1872–1957. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 10, 2016 ; accessed on March 10, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sewallbelmont.org
  4. ^ Charles Sheeler and Nina Allender, (painting). In: siris-artinventories.si.edu. Retrieved March 10, 2016 .
  5. ↑ American Art Annual , Volume 12, 1916 ( online ).
  6. ↑ a b Obituaries: Nina E. Allender. In: The Washington Post, April 6, 1957.
  7. ↑ Emily Scarbrough: Nina Allender. In: “Fine Dignity, Picturesque Beauty, and Serious Purpose”: The Reorientation of Suffrage Media in the Twentieth Century. scalar.usc.edu, June 2, 2014, accessed March 10, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Object Record. Retrieved March 10, 2016 .
  9. ^ Propagandist. Retrieved March 10, 2016 .
  10. ↑ a b c Nina Evans Allender. In: findagrave.com. P. Hamilton, July 14, 2013, accessed March 10, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Martha Bensley Bruere, Mary Ritter Beard: Laughing Their Way: Women's Humor in America. MacMillan, New York 1934, p. 295.
  12. ^ A b c Marian Wardle: American Women Modernists: The Legacy of Robert Henri. Rutgers University Press, Piscataway Township (New Jersey) 2005, ISBN 0-813-53684-7 .
  13. ↑ James Henry Moser: Art Topics. In: The Washington Post, February 23, 1902.
  14. ↑ Search for "Nina Allender". In: Sewall-Belmont House Museum. Retrieved March 10, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Allender, Nina E.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Allender, Nina Evans (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American artist, cartoonist, and feminist
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Auburn , Kansas
DATE OF DEATH April 2, 1957
Place of death Plainfield , New Jersey