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'''Clara Taggart MacChesney''' (1860/61-1928) was an American painter and writer known for her figurative painting, landscapes and “scenes and people of Holland.” <ref> Petteys, Chris, “Dictionary of Women Artists: An international dictionary of women artists born before 1900”, G.K. Hall & Co., Boston, 1985 p. 458</ref>
'''Clara Taggart MacChesney''' (sometimes '''McChesney''') (1860/61-1928) was an American painter and writer known for her figurative painting, landscapes and “scenes and people of Holland.”<ref name="Petteys">Petteys, Chris, ''Dictionary of Women Artists: An international dictionary of women artists born before 1900'', G.K. Hall & Co., Boston, 1985.</ref>{{rp|458}}


==Early years==
==Early years==


Born in [[Brownsville, California]], her family moved to [[Oakland, California|Oakland]] when she was young where her father, Joseph B. McChesney, was principal of [[Oakland High School (Oakland, California)|Oakland High School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.askart.com/artist/Clara_J_MacChesney/23841/Clara_J_MacChesney.aspx|title=Clara McChesney - Artist, Fine Art Prices, Auction Records for Clara McChesney|website=www.askart.com|accessdate=7 August 2018}}</ref>
Born in [[Brownsville, California]], her family moved to [[Oakland, California|Oakland]] when she was young where her father, Joseph B. McChesney, was principal of [[Oakland High School (Oakland, California)|Oakland High School]].<ref name="askart">{{cite web|url=http://www.askart.com/artist/Clara_J_MacChesney/23841/Clara_J_MacChesney.aspx|title=Clara McChesney - Artist, Fine Art Prices, Auction Records for Clara McChesney|website=www.askart.com|accessdate=7 August 2018}}</ref>


MacChesney began her art studies in San Francisco with Virgil Williams at the [[San Francisco Art Institute|California School of Design]] before moving to [[New York City]] to continue her studies with [[Harry Siddons Mowbray|H. S. Mowbray]] and [[James Carroll Beckwith|J.C. Beckwith]]. <ref>Opitz, Glenn B, Editor, Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Book, Poughkeepsie NY, 1986, p. 565</ref> This was followed by a move to [[Paris, France|Paris]] where she enrolled in the [[Académie Colarossi]] where she studied with [[Gustave-Claude-Etienne Courtois|Courtois]].
MacChesney began her art studies in San Francisco with Virgil Williams at the [[San Francisco Art Institute|California School of Design]], before moving to [[New York City]] to continue her studies with [[Harry Siddons Mowbray|H. S. Mowbray]] and [[James Carroll Beckwith|J. C. Beckwith]].<ref>Opitz, Glenn B, editor, ''Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers'', Apollo Book, Poughkeepsie NY, 1986, p. 565</ref> This was followed by a move to [[Paris, France|Paris]], where she enrolled in the [[Académie Colarossi]] and studied with [[Gustave-Claude-Etienne Courtois|Courtois]].


MacChesney [[List of American painters exhibited at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition|exhibited watercolors]] at the 1893 [[World's Columbian Exposition]] in Chicago, and was awarded a medal for her work. An article in [[The San Francisco Call]] announced that she had placed two paintings in the [[Exposition Universelle (1900)|1900 World’s Exposition]] in Paris, and remarked that: “Both American and foreign artists have referred to Miss McChesney as "America's foremost woman painter." <ref>{{cite web|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC18991223.2.112.16|title=San Francisco Call 23 December 1899 — California Digital Newspaper Collection|website=cdnc.ucr.edu|accessdate=7 August 2018}}</ref> She would later exhibit at the [[Louisiana Purchase Exposition|St. Louis World’s Fair]] in 1904, again winning a medal.<ref> ''Art in California: A survey of American art with special reference to californian painting, sculpture and architecture, past and present, particularly those as those arts were represented at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition'', essays by Bruce Porter, Mabel Urmy Seares, , Alma May Cook, A Sterling Calder, Louis Christian Mullgardt and others, originally published by R.L. Briener, Publishers, San Francisco, Reprinted Westphal Publishing, Irving, California, 1988 p. 171</ref>
MacChesney [[List of American painters exhibited at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition|exhibited watercolors]] at the 1893 [[World's Columbian Exposition]] in Chicago, and was awarded a medal for her work. An article in ''[[The San Francisco Call]]'' announced that she had placed two paintings in the [[Exposition Universelle (1900)|1900 World’s Exposition]] in Paris, and remarked that: 'Both American and foreign artists have referred to Miss McChesney as "America's foremost woman painter.' "<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC18991223.2.112.16|title=San Francisco Call 23 December 1899 — California Digital Newspaper Collection|website=cdnc.ucr.edu|accessdate=7 August 2018}}</ref> She would later exhibit at the [[Louisiana Purchase Exposition|1904 St. Louis World’s Fair]], again winning a medal.<ref> ''Art in California: A survey of American art with special reference to californian painting, sculpture and architecture, past and present, particularly those as those arts were represented at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition'', essays by Bruce Porter, Mabel Urmy Seares, , Alma May Cook, A Sterling Calder, Louis Christian Mullgardt and others, originally published by R.L. Briener, Publishers, San Francisco, Reprinted Westphal Publishing, Irving, California, 1988 p. 171</ref>


She also wrote and published pieces for New York art publications, “frequently on her lifelong friend [[Elizabeth Nourse]].”<ref> Petteys, Chris, “Dictionary of Women Artists: An international dictionary of women artists born before 1900”, G.K. Hall & Co., Boston, 1985 p.458</ref>
She also wrote and published pieces for New York art publications, “frequently on her lifelong friend [[Elizabeth Nourse]].”<ref name="Petteys"/>{{rp|458}}

She died in [[London, England|London]] on August 6, 1928.<ref name="askart"/>


She died in [[London, England|London]] on August 6, 1928.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.askart.com/artist/Clara_J_MacChesney/23841/Clara_J_MacChesney.aspx|title=Clara McChesney - Artist, Fine Art Prices, Auction Records for Clara McChesney|website=www.askart.com|accessdate=7 August 2018}}</ref>
==Works==
==Works==
* ''A Good Story (Portrait of Robert Loftin Newman)'', (1900) [[Smithsonian American Art Museum]], [[Washington, District of Columbia]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://americanart.si.edu/artist/clara-taggart-macchesney-3038|title=Clara Taggart MacChesney|website=Smithsonian American Art Museum|accessdate=7 August 2018}}</ref>
* ''A Good Story (Portrait of Robert Loftin Newman)'', (1900) [[Smithsonian American Art Museum]], [[Washington, District of Columbia]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://americanart.si.edu/artist/clara-taggart-macchesney-3038|title=Clara Taggart MacChesney|website=Smithsonian American Art Museum|accessdate=7 August 2018}}</ref>

Revision as of 14:39, 8 August 2018

Clara Taggart MacChesney (sometimes McChesney) (1860/61-1928) was an American painter and writer known for her figurative painting, landscapes and “scenes and people of Holland.”[1]: 458 

Early years

Born in Brownsville, California, her family moved to Oakland when she was young where her father, Joseph B. McChesney, was principal of Oakland High School.[2]

MacChesney began her art studies in San Francisco with Virgil Williams at the California School of Design, before moving to New York City to continue her studies with H. S. Mowbray and J. C. Beckwith.[3] This was followed by a move to Paris, where she enrolled in the Académie Colarossi and studied with Courtois.

MacChesney exhibited watercolors at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, and was awarded a medal for her work. An article in The San Francisco Call announced that she had placed two paintings in the 1900 World’s Exposition in Paris, and remarked that: 'Both American and foreign artists have referred to Miss McChesney as "America's foremost woman painter.' "[4] She would later exhibit at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, again winning a medal.[5]

She also wrote and published pieces for New York art publications, “frequently on her lifelong friend Elizabeth Nourse.”[1]: 458 

She died in London on August 6, 1928.[2]

Works

References

  1. ^ a b Petteys, Chris, Dictionary of Women Artists: An international dictionary of women artists born before 1900, G.K. Hall & Co., Boston, 1985.
  2. ^ a b "Clara McChesney - Artist, Fine Art Prices, Auction Records for Clara McChesney". www.askart.com. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  3. ^ Opitz, Glenn B, editor, Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Book, Poughkeepsie NY, 1986, p. 565
  4. ^ "San Francisco Call 23 December 1899 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  5. ^ Art in California: A survey of American art with special reference to californian painting, sculpture and architecture, past and present, particularly those as those arts were represented at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, essays by Bruce Porter, Mabel Urmy Seares, , Alma May Cook, A Sterling Calder, Louis Christian Mullgardt and others, originally published by R.L. Briener, Publishers, San Francisco, Reprinted Westphal Publishing, Irving, California, 1988 p. 171
  6. ^ "Clara Taggart MacChesney". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
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