Anna Margaretta Archambault Explained

Anna Margaretta Archambault
Birth Place:	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Death Place:	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Anna Margaretta Archambault (1856–1956) was an American artist and author. She is best known for her 1924 book A Guide Book of Art, Architecture, and Historic Interests in Pennsylvania, which remains in print as of 2020.^[1]

Life

Born in 1856 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she undertook studies at the Miss Anne Longstreth's School for Girls, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia and at the Académie Julian in Paris. Thomas Eakins, Thomas Hovenden and Benjamin Constant were her later professors.^{[2] [3]}

Archambault died on June 30, 1956, at Christ Church Hospital in Philadelphia.^[4]

Collections

Her miniature portrait paintings are included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum,^[5] the Philadelphia Museum of Art^[6] and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.^[7]

Her personal papers are included in the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art^[8] and in the collection of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: A Guide Book of Art, Architecture, and Historic Interests in Pennsylvania By Anna Margaretta Archambault . www.psupress.org.
2. Web site: Archambault, Anna Margaretta . Benezit Dictionary of Artists . 2011 . en . 10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00006555.
3. Book: Heller. Jules. North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Heller. Nancy G.. Garland. 1995. 0-8240-6049-0. 30. en.
4. News: July 1, 1956. Margaretta Archambault Dies, Miniatures Painter. 73. The Philadelphia Inquirer.
5. Web site: Anna Margaretta Archambault Smithsonian American Art Museum . americanart.si.edu.
6. Web site: Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections Object : Portrait of Miss Lillian R. Reed . www.philamuseum.org.
7. Web site: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts . PAFA - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
8. Web site: Anna Margaretta Archambault selected papers · SOVA . sova.si.edu.
9. Web site: Anna Margaretta Archambault papers . hsp.org.