Anna Richards Brewster
| Anna Richards Brewster | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
Mary Ann Richards 1870 Germantown, Philadelphia |
| Died | 1952 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Cowles Art Academy |
| Spouse(s) | 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. She studied at Cowles Art school, and with William Merritt Chase. 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. She is known for sculptures and illustrations as well as paintings.[1][2]
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.[1] After her death in 1952, her husband gave much of her work to public and private institutions.[3]
References
- 1 2 "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.
Sources
- Judith Kafka Maxwell (ed) Anna Richards Brewster, American Impressionist, University of California Press, 2008, ISBN 9780520257498
External links
- Paintings by Anna Richards Brewster at the Art UK site (2)
- 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 Authorities, with 4 catalog records