Fannie Eliza Duvall
Born(1861-09-08)September 8, 1861
Port Byron, New York
DiedNovember 3, 1934(1934-11-03) (aged 73)
Los Angeles, California
NationalityAmerican
Known forPainting
Interior

Fannie Eliza Duvall (September 8, 1861 - November 3, 1934) American painter, born in Port Byron, New York[1] and active in the United States and France.

Career

Duvall began her art studies with William Sartain at the Art Students League and at Cooper Union. From New York she moved to Paris where she studied at Whistler’s school, popularly known as Académie Carmen since it was run by James Abbott McNeill Whistler’s ex-model, Carmen Rossi, and at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière with Olga Boznańska and Antonio de La Gándara.[2][3]

Duvall moved to California in 1888[4] and exhibited two paintings at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. One of them, Chrysanthemum Garden in Southern California was destroyed by a fire in 1991[5] Other works of hers can be found at the Strong Museum in Rochester, New York, Bowers Museum in Santa Barbara, California and the Johathan Club in Los Angeles[6]

Duvall was a member of the California Art Club, American Federation of Arts, Los Angeles Art Association, and the Laguna Beach Art Association. She died in Los Angeles, California on November 3, 1934.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Hughes, Dean Milton. Artists in California, 1786-1940 (1st ed.). Hughes Pub. Co. p. 139. ISBN 0961611200.
  2. ↑ Petteys, Chris, “Dictionary of Women Artists: An international dictionary of women artists born before 1900”, G.K. Hall & Co., Boston, 1985 p, 219
  3. ↑ Reynolds, SIÂN (1 June 2000). "Running away to paris: expatriate women artists of the 1900 generation, from Scotland and points south". Women's History Review. 9 (2): 327–344. doi:10.1080/09612020000200249.
  4. 1 2 "Fannie Eliza Duvall - Artist, Fine Art Prices, Auction Records for Fannie Eliza Duvall". www.askart.com.
  5. ↑ Duvall, Fannie Eliza (4 August 1891). "Chrysanthemum Garden in Southern California" – via siris-artinventories.si.edu Library Catalog.
  6. ↑ "SIRIS - Smithsonian Institution Research Information System". siris-artinventories.si.edu.

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