Fannie Eliza Duvall Explained

Fannie Eliza Duvall
Birth Date:September 8, 1861
Birth Place:Port Byron, New York
Death Place:Los Angeles, California
Nationality:American
Education:Art Students League, Cooper Union, Académie Carmen, Académie de la Grande Chaumière
Field:Painting

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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hughes . Dean Milton . Artists in California, 1786-1940 . Hughes Pub. Co . 0961611200 . 139 . 1st .
  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. Running away to paris: expatriate women artists of the 1900 generation, from Scotland and points south. SIÂN. Reynolds. 1 June 2000. Women's History Review. 9. 2. 327–344. 10.1080/09612020000200249. free.
  4. Web site: Fannie Eliza Duvall - Artist, Fine Art Prices, Auction Records for Fannie Eliza Duvall. www.askart.com.
  5. Web site: Chrysanthemum Garden in Southern California. Fannie Eliza. Duvall. 4 August 1891. siris-artinventories.si.edu Library Catalog.
  6. Web site: SIRIS - Smithsonian Institution Research Information System. siris-artinventories.si.edu.