Alice Ruggles Sohier Explained

Alice Ruggles Sohier
Alt:Alice Ruggles Sohier
Other Names:Alice Sohier
Birth Name:Alice Ruggles
Birth Date:1880
Death Place:Concord, Massachusetts, US
Alma Mater:Art Students' League of Buffalo, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Occupation:Painter
Spouse:Louis Amory Sohier

Alice Ruggles Sohier (1880–1969)[1] [2] American artist, known for paintings of figures, portraits, still life, and landscapes.[3] She was an active artist between 1900 until around c.1959.[4]

Life

Alice Ruggles was born in 1880. The daughter of Frederick Huntington and Ruth Alice Swan,[5] raised in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. She graduated high school in 1899. From 1900 until 1902, Sohier attended Art Students League of Buffalo,[6] studying under Lucius Wolcott Hitchcock.

In 1904, she studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (Museum School),with Edmund C. Tarbell and Frank Weston Benson. In 1907, she was awarded the Paige Traveling Scholarship, allowing her two years to travel throughout Europe.

In 1913, she married engineer, Louis Amory Sohier of Concord. The couple moved first to Pennsylvania then later to Concord, Massachusetts. She taught art classes at Concord Academy.[7] She was an early member of The Guild of Boston Artists.[8] [9] [10] [11]

She died in May 1969 in Concord, Massachusetts.

Her work is included in many public museum collections, including Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,[12] Butler Institute of American Art,[13] Zanesville Museum of Art,[14] Frick Art Reference Library, among others

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Obituary. May 16, 1969. Newspapers.com. The Boston Globe from Boston, Massachusetts. 63. en. 2020-05-19.
  2. Web site: Alice Ruggles Sohier. Artnet.com. 2020-05-19.
  3. News: 1925-03-25. Boston Women Artists Display Product of Brush and Charcoal, Alice Ruggles Sohier and Lillian Westcott Hale Are Exhibitors at Guild of Boston Artists In Newbury St. 2. The Boston Globe. 2020-05-19.
  4. Web site: March 6, 2021 . Twilight of American Impressionism . 25 April 2022 . Portsmouth Historical Society.
  5. Book: Linzee, John William. The Lindeseie and Limesi Families of Great Britain: Including the Probates at Somerset House, London, England, of All the Spellings of the Name Lindeseie from 1300 to 1800. The Fort Hill Press. 1917. Brockton, MA. 796. en.
  6. Book: Kurtz. Charles M.. Academy Notes, Issued with Quarterly Illustrations. Quinton. Cornelia Bentley Sage. Hekking. William Mathews. The Art Students' League of Buffalo. 1913. VIII. Buffalo, New York. 54. en.
  7. Book: Morice, Linda C.. Flora White: In the Vanguard of Gender Equity. 2016-10-31. Lexington Books. 978-1-4985-4239-5. 142. en.
  8. Book: Pene du Bois, Guy. Arts & Decoration. Artspur Publications, Inc. and Adam Budge, Inc.. 1915. New York City, New York. 402. en.
  9. Book: Catalogue of an Exhibition of Paintings, Miniatures, and Sculptures By Members of The Guild of Boston Artists. Detroit Museum of Art. 1916.
  10. Web site: Britton Diary, 1919 Feb-July, Viewing page 11 of 33, Smithsonian Digital Volunteers, members of the Boston Guild Exhibitors - Season 1919-1920. Archive of American Art, Smithsonian. 2020-05-19.
  11. Book: Hirshler. Erica E.. A Woman's Perspective: Founding and Early Women Members of The Guild of Boston Artists, 1914-1945. Roberts. Ellen E.. Lightman. Jean G.. Dunlay. Thomas R.. Mullen Books. 2001. Boston, MA.
  12. Web site: Collection: Girl in Red. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. en. 2020-05-19.
  13. Web site: Portrait Society of America, Cecilia Beaux Forum: Our Portraits Our Selves: Focus on Judith Carducci. 2015-02-28. Cecilia Beaux Forum. Portrait Society of America. 2020-05-19.
  14. Web site: Daydreamer. Zanesville Museum of Art. en-US. 2020-05-19.

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