Born in Green Cove Springs, Florida, Augusta Savage (1892 – 1962) is considered one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century, and the first African American elected to the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors.
#5WomenArtists – Augusta Savage
by Cummer Museum Admin, Director of Art Education in Art, Behind the Scenes, Education, Gardens
Mar
24
#5WomenArtists – Alice Kent Stoddard
by Cummer Museum Admin, Director of Art Education in Art, Behind the Scenes, Education
Mar
21
Mrs. Ninah Cummer (1875 – 1958) had her portrait painted in 1927, when she was in her early fifties. The artist, Alice Kent Stoddard (1885 – 1976), was born in Watertown, Connecticut, but left her hometown to study at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women (now Moore College of Art and Design), and at the renowned Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts under the guidance of famous artists Thomas Eakins (1844 – 1916) and William Merritt Chase (1849 – 1916).
#5WomenArtists – Pauline Vallayer-Moutet
by Cummer Museum Admin, Director of Art Education in Art, Education
Mar
14
In a 1950 letter to London based art dealer Paul Wengraf, from whom she often purchased artworks, Mrs. Cummer decribes where she has hung some of her paintings:
“In my library are some of my dearest things […] On the right of this picture [1] is a painting of a French interior by Pauline Vallayer-Moutet.[2] This is a canvas of almost the exact size of the Morland. [3] The subject portrays two maids polishing the brasses, as only the French can do, and the strong light from a window, such as Vermeer would use in his pictures, streams into the room. And this, by the way, was my first investment in painting (the Paul King picture having been earlier acquired as a gift), and was purchased about 1905, nearly fifty years ago.”
#5WomenArtists – Elizabeth Gulland
by Cummer Museum Admin, Director of Art Education in Art, Education
Mar
02
Elizabeth Gulland was a talented painter and a gifted engraver known mainly for her mezzotint portraits.
Carolyn Cooper, Winner of the Riley Gordon Jr. Distinguished Docent Award
by Cummer Museum Admin, Director of Art Education in Behind the Scenes, Education
Dec
16
On Sunday, December 4, 2016, at the annual Docent Holiday Party, Carolyn Cooper was awarded the Riley Gordon Granger Jr. Distinguished Docent Award.
Curiosity… continued
by Cummer Museum Admin, Director of Art Education in Art, Behind the Scenes, Education
Nov
23
Did you read the blog Curiosity (posted November 16, 2016)? Here is the story of the inspirational folk piece for Gary Graham’s coat we spoke of, the Ann Carll Coverlet, Blazing Star and Snowballs.
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