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Emma Mendenhall

Emma Mendenhall (1873 - 1964) was active/lived in Ohio.  Emma Mendenhall is known for Impressionist landscape, floral still life and portrait painting.

Known for her impressionistic watercolors, especially flowers but including landscapes and portraits, Emma Mendenhall was born in Cincinnati, Ohio at a time when it was a thriving artist community that included Frank Duveneck, John Twachtmann, Joseph De Camp, Henry Farny and Joseph Henry Sharp.

Mendenhall was the niece of Mrs. Larz Anderson, a Cincinnati art patron and philanthropist, and this connection helped the young girl become a part of local society.

She studied with Duveneck at the Cincinnati Art Academy, with Jules Lefebvre in Paris at the Julian Academy, with William Merritt Chase in Shinnecock Hills, Long Island, and Charles Woodbury at his Ogunquit, Maine Summer School.

Mendenhall traveled widely, often with her friend Dixie Selden, and she painted scenes from Mexico, France, Spain and Italy and on the East Coast, was at Boothbay Harbor and Ogunquit, Maine.

She exhibited at the Paris Salon, the Panama Pacific Exhibition in San Francisco, the Ar   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1241 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Emma Mendenhall

   Publications  Book References:  21
Magazine References:  1

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1 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Emma Mendenhall
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review Ohio Women Painters, 1870-1950 June 2005 Shearer, Christine Fowler Yes
21 Book References for Emma Mendenhall
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2005 Shearer, Christine Fowler Breaking With Tradition: Ohio Women Painters, 1870-1950
(Exhibition catalog)
64 Yes
2000 Powers, John & Deborah; Ron Tyler, Foreward Texas Painters, Sculptors & Graphic Artists A Biographical Dictionary of Artists in Texas Before 1942 606 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1999 Grauer, Paula and Michael R. Dictionary of Texas Artists, 1800-1945 240 Yes
1998 Editor, Ogunquit Museum Charles Woodbury and His Students 0 No
1998 Kovinick, Phil; Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick An Encyclopedia of Women Artists of the American West 405 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)
1117 No
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: The South, Near Midwest (Volume Two) 396 Yes
1990 Sternberg, Paul E Centennial Exhibition 1889-1989 Members National Assoc Women Artists
(Exhibition catalog)
62 Yes
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 Dawdy, Doris Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary 1184 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1985 Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900 851 No
1982 Opitz, Glenn Dictionary of American Artists 372 No
1973 Collins, Jim L. Women Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to Present 426 No
1959 Gilbert, Dorothy (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 1959 American Biographies 718 No
1947 Gilbert, Dorothy, (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 1947 685 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
1915 Walter, John; Pedro Lemos Panama-Pacific Exposition: Catalogue of the Post-Exposition Exhibit 112 No
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