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Ann Darrah

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Ann Sophia (Towne) Darrah (1819 - 1881) was active/lived in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania.  Ann Darrah is known for Landscape, marine, and still life painting.

Ann Sophia Towne Darrah had a long career as an artist that included the creation of pastel portraits, landscapes, and marine views.  Born in Philadelphia, Sophia Towne Darrah was the daughter of John Towne.  Her father endowed the Towne Scientific School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1876, and was also a prominent collector of modern art, and so young Sophia grew up surrounded by paintings.

Sophia loved music and played the harp, but in 1845, when she married Robert K. Darrah of Boston, her interest in music shifted to painting.  In 1849, she became a pupil of the painter Paul Weber.  She also traveled to Europe to further study the art of the great masters.  Interested above all in painting landscapes and seascapes, Darrah was a proponent of plein-air painting.  She was one of the many artists who painted in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and her Mount Washington is an example of her work there.

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15 Book References for Ann Darrah
Year Author Title Pages Color
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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
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1990 MacIntyre, Frances S Women Artists in White Mountains, 1840-1940 10 Yes
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II
(Exhibition catalog)		 612 No
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, 1807-1870, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)		 472 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 Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer American Women Artists from Early Times to the Present 560 Yes
1980 Perkins, Robert/Wm J Gavin III The Boston Athenaeum Art Exhibition Index 1827-1874
(Exhibition catalog)		 325 Yes
1974 Pennsylvania Academy The Pennsylvania Academy And Its Women
(Exhibition catalog)		 48 No
1973 Collins, Jim L. Women Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to Present 426 No
1969 Rathbone, Perry Townsend (Ed) American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Two Volumes) 600 Yes
1957 Groce, George; David Wallace The New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860 759 No
1943 Cowdrey, Mary Bartlett National Academy of Design Exhibition Record, 1826-1860
(Exhibition catalog)		 0 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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