Adeline Albright Wigand
Adeline Albright Wigand | |
|---|---|
| Born | Adeline Albright June 24, 1852 Madison, New Jersey |
| Died | March 31, 1944 (aged 91) |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Painting |
| Spouse |
Otto Charles Wigand (m. 1890) |
Adeline Albright Wigand (1852-1944) was an American painter. She was one of the first presidents of the National Association of Women Artists. She is known for her portrait paintings.
Biography[edit]
Wigand née Albright was born on June 24, 1852, in Madison, New Jersey. She was raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.[1] She studied at the Art Students League and Cooper Union Art School in New York. Her teachers in New York included William Merritt Chase.[2]
Wigand traveled to Paris in the mid-1880s[1] where she studied at the Académie Julian. Her instructors included Tony Robert-Fleury and William-Adolphe Bouguereau.[3]
Albright married fellow artist Otto Charles Wigand in 1890.[3]
Wigand exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[4] Wigand exhibited, and won prizes, at the National Academy of Design, the National Arts Club, and the National Association of Women Artists.[5] Additionally she exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and the Paris Salon.[2]
Wigand's listing in Woman's Who's Who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada, 1914-1915 noted that she "Favors woman suffrage".[3] Wigand was a member of the National Association of Women Artists, serving as one of its first presidents.[1][5] She also served as the head of the Art Committee of the Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences from 1925 to 1931.[1]
Wigand died on March 31, 1944.[1]
Legacy[edit]
In 2010-2011 the Wigands were the subject of a retrospective, Beauty Rediscovered: Paintings by Adeline Albright Wigand & Otto Charles Wigand, at the Staten Island Museum, New York.[5]
Gallery[edit]
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Still Life with Zinnias in a Pitcher with Green Cup and Blue Drape by Adeline Albright Wigand, nd -
Polly, by Adeline Albright Wigand c. 1915 – 1920
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Bland, Bartholomew (2006). "Reclaiming Reputations: The Art of Otto and Adeline Albright Wigand". Proceedings, the Staten Island Museum. 36 (1). Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Adeline Wigand". AskArt. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ^ a b c Leonard, John William (1914). Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada, 1914-1915. American Commonwealth Company. p. 881.
- ^ Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ^ a b c "Beauty Rediscovered: Paintings by Adeline Albright Wigand & Otto Charles Wigand". Traditional Fine Arts Organization. Retrieved 28 September 2018.