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She was born in [[Germantown, Philadelphia|Germantown]] neighborhood of [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania. Her parents were the poet and playwright [[Anna Matlack Richards|Anna Matlack]] and the landscape painter [[William Trost Richards]]. Her brother, [[Theodore William Richards]], won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1914. She studied at [[Cowles Art School]] in [[Boston]], where she won a First Scholarship in Ladies Life Classes in 1888, as well as with [[William Merritt Chase]] and [[John LaFarge]] |
She was born in [[Germantown, Philadelphia|Germantown]] neighborhood of [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania. Her parents were the poet and playwright [[Anna Matlack Richards|Anna Matlack]] and the landscape painter [[William Trost Richards]]. Her brother, [[Theodore William Richards]], won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1914. |
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She studied at [[Cowles Art School]] in [[Boston]], where she won a First Scholarship in Ladies Life Classes in 1888, as well as with [[William Merritt Chase]] and [[John LaFarge]] at the [[Arts Student League of New York]] in 1890.<ref>{{Cite book|title=A Book of Sketches|last=Richards Brewster|first=Anna|last2=Tenney Brewster|first2=William|publisher=|year=1954|isbn=|location=|pages=10}}</ref> In 1890, she won the Dodge Prize for the best picture painted by an American woman of any age. The winning painting, titled ''An Interlude to Chopin'', has since been lost.<ref>{{Cite book|title=|last=Brewster McClatchy|first=|publisher=|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=p. 10}}</ref> |
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Brewster illustrated several publications in collaboration with her mother [[Anna Matlack Richards|Anna Matlack]] throughout the 1890s, including ''[[A New Alice in the Old Wonderland]]'' in 1895, ''Letter and spirit, dramatic sonnets of inward life'', published 1898, and a translation of a German folktale, ''Sintram and His Companions,'' published in 1900. The success of these publications led to a commission for illustrations in ''Bill Nye's Comic History of England''.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Anna Richards Brewster American Impressionist|last=Brewter McClatchy|first=Susan|publisher=University of California Press|year=2008|isbn=978-0-520-25749-8|editor-last=Maxwell|editor-first=Judith|location=Berkeley, Los Angeles, London|pages=11}}</ref> |
Brewster illustrated several publications in collaboration with her mother [[Anna Matlack Richards|Anna Matlack]] throughout the 1890s, including ''[[A New Alice in the Old Wonderland]]'' in 1895, ''Letter and spirit, dramatic sonnets of inward life'', published 1898, and a translation of a German folktale, ''Sintram and His Companions,'' published in 1900. The success of these publications led to a commission for illustrations in ''Bill Nye's Comic History of England''.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Anna Richards Brewster American Impressionist|last=Brewter McClatchy|first=Susan|publisher=University of California Press|year=2008|isbn=978-0-520-25749-8|editor-last=Maxwell|editor-first=Judith|location=Berkeley, Los Angeles, London|pages=11}}</ref> |
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Anna Richards Brewster | |
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| Born | Mary Ann Richards 1870 Germantown, Philadelphia |
| Died | 1952 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Cowles Art Academy |
| Spouse | William Tenney Brewster |
Anna Richards Brewster (1870–1952) was an American painter.
Biography
She was born in Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her parents were the poet and playwright Anna Matlack and the landscape painter William Trost Richards. Her brother, Theodore William Richards, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1914.
She studied at Cowles Art School in Boston, where she won a First Scholarship in Ladies Life Classes in 1888, as well as with William Merritt Chase and John LaFarge at the Arts Student League of New York in 1890.[1] In 1890, she won the Dodge Prize for the best picture painted by an American woman of any age. The winning painting, titled An Interlude to Chopin, has since been lost.[2]
Brewster illustrated several publications in collaboration with her mother Anna Matlack throughout the 1890s, including A New Alice in the Old Wonderland in 1895, Letter and spirit, dramatic sonnets of inward life, published 1898, and a translation of a German folktale, Sintram and His Companions, published in 1900. The success of these publications led to a commission for illustrations in Bill Nye's Comic History of England.[3]
In 1905, she married the literature professor William Tenney Brewster, who thereafter encouraged her to paint, although she stopped showing her work after the death of their son in 1910. She is known for sculptures and illustrations as well as paintings.[4][5]
Like many American artists at the turn of the 20th century, Brewster made paintings of scenes from her travels; the Huntsville Museum of Art has one of fishermen in Volendam.[4] After her death in 1952, her husband gave much of her work to public and private institutions.[6]
Publications as Illustrator
- A New Alice in the Old Wonderland, published in 1895
- Letter and spirit, dramatic sonnets of inward life, published in 1898
- Sintram and His Companions, translation published in 1900
- Bill Nye's Comic History of England, published in 1906
References
- ^ Richards Brewster, Anna; Tenney Brewster, William (1954). A Book of Sketches. p. 10.
- ^ Brewster McClatchy. pp. p. 10.
{{cite book}}:|pages=has extra text (help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Brewter McClatchy, Susan (2008). Maxwell, Judith (ed.). Anna Richards Brewster American Impressionist. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-520-25749-8.
- ^ a b "Anna Richards Brewster". Netherlands Institute for Art History (RKD).
- ^ Heller, Jules; Heller, Nancy G. (2013-12-19). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 9781135638825.
- ^ Brewster, Anna Richards; Maxwell, Judith Kafka; Hudson River Museum; Butler Institute of American Art; Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art, History, and Science (2008-01-01). Anna Richards Brewster, American impressionist. Berkeley: University of California Press.
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Sources
- Judith Kafka Maxwell (ed) Anna Richards Brewster, American Impressionist, University of California Press, 2008, ISBN 9780520257498
External links
- 2 artworks by or after Anna Richards Brewster at the Art UK site
- Anna Richards Brewster on Artnet
- Anna Richards Brewster website (arbrewster.com) – status unknown, perhaps the official website of the traveling exhibition Anna Richards Brewster, American Impressionist
- Anna Mary Richards Brewster artworks at The Athenaeum Museum (the-athenaeum.org)
- Anna Richards Brewster at Library of Congress, with 4 library catalog records
- A New Alice in the Old Wonderland, published 1895, at the Internet Archive
- Letter and spirit, dramatic sonnets of inward life, published 1898, at HathiTrust Digital Library
- Bill Nye's Comic History of England, published in 1906, at Internet Archive
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