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]
Alice Ruggles Sohier | |
|---|---|
| Born | Alice Ruggles 1880 |
| Died | 1969 (aged 88–89) |
| Other names | Alice Sohier |
| Alma mater | Art Students' League of Buffalo, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
| Occupation | Painter |
| Spouse | Louis Amory Sohier |
Life
editAlice 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.[4] In 1907, she was awarded the Paige Traveling Scholarship, allowing her two years to travel throughout Europe.[4]
In 1913, she married engineer, Louis Amory Sohier of Concord.[4] The couple moved first to Pennsylvania then later to Concord, Massachusetts.[4] 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.[1]
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,[15] among others
References
edit- ^ a b "Obituary". Newspapers.com. The Boston Globe from Boston, Massachusetts. May 16, 1969. p. 63. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
- ^ "Alice Ruggles Sohier". Artnet.com. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
- ^ "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". The Boston Globe. 1925-03-25. p. 2. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
- ^ a b c d e "Twilight of American Impressionism". Portsmouth Historical Society. March 6, 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
- ^ Linzee, John William (1917). 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. Brockton, MA: The Fort Hill Press. p. 796.
- ^ Kurtz, Charles M.; Quinton, Cornelia Bentley Sage; Hekking, William Mathews (1913). Academy Notes, Issued with Quarterly Illustrations. Vol. VIII. Buffalo, New York: The Art Students' League of Buffalo. p. 54.
- ^ Morice, Linda C. (2016-10-31). Flora White: In the Vanguard of Gender Equity. Lexington Books. p. 142. ISBN 978-1-4985-4239-5.
- ^ Pene du Bois, Guy (1915). Arts & Decoration. New York City, New York: Artspur Publications, Inc. and Adam Budge, Inc. p. 402.
- ^ Catalogue of an Exhibition of Paintings, Miniatures, and Sculptures By Members of The Guild of Boston Artists (PDF). Detroit Museum of Art. 1916.
- ^ "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. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
- ^ Hirshler, Erica E.; Roberts, Ellen E.; Lightman, Jean G.; Dunlay, Thomas R. (2001). A Woman's Perspective: Founding and Early Women Members of The Guild of Boston Artists, 1914-1945. Boston, MA: Mullen Books.
- ^ "Collection: Girl in Red". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
- ^ "Portrait Society of America, Cecilia Beaux Forum: Our Portraits Our Selves: Focus on Judith Carducci". Cecilia Beaux Forum. Portrait Society of America. 2015-02-28. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
- ^ "Daydreamer". Zanesville Museum of Art. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
- ^ Alice Ruggles Sohier: artist file, Frick Art Reference Library, 1920, retrieved 2020-05-19
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