Amy (Blatchford) Bliss (1862-1941)
American missionary & etcher ;
Amy Blatchford ; A. Blatchford ; Amy Bliss ; A. Bliss ; Amy B. Bliss ;
[Born May 20, 1862 in Chicago, IL – died June 27, 1941 in Jerusalem, Yerushalayim (Jerusalem District), Israel]
FAD record control number: 37990 ;
Record level: Person ;
Record type: Artist ;
Amy (Blatchford) Bliss (1862-1941) biography:
Birth: May 20, 1862 in Chicago, IL ;
Death: June 27, 1941 in Jerusalem, Yerushalayim (Jerusalem District), Israel ;
Sex: Female ;
Ethnicity: White ;
Zodiac: Taurus ;
Known for: etchings ;
Medium: pen & ink ;
Technique: etching ;
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Areas: Chicago, IL (1862-1889, 1899, 1902, Thanksgiving) ; Hartford, CT ; Liverpool, England (1880) ; New York, NY (1880) ; Brooklyn, NY (1889-?) ; Upper Montclair, NJ (1898-1902) ; Saranac Lake, NY ; Beirut, Syria (1902-1940) ; Egypt ; Turkey ; Greece ; Italy ; Palestine ; Jerusalem, Yerushalayim (Jerusalem District), Israel (1941) ;
Region: Mid-west ; North East ; Far East ;
Lived: 375 La Salle Avenue, Chicago, IL (1871-1889) ; Beirut, Syria (1902-1940) ;
Father: Eliphalet Wickes Blatchford (1826-1914) ;
Mother: Mary Emily (Williams) Blatchford (1834-1921) ;
Relatives: Paul Blatchford (1859-1925), brother ; Frances May Blatchford (1865-1919), brother ; Edward Williams Blatchford (1868-1956), brother, owner of E. W. Blatchford who sold linseed oil ; Florence Blatchford (1872-1874), sister ; Eliphalet Huntington Blatchford (1876-1905), brother ;
Spouse: Dr. Howard S. Bliss ( -1920), husband, missionary, married November, 1889, second president of the American University of Beirut, Syria ;
Children: Reverend Daniel Bliss (1898-), son ; Bayard (Bliss) Dodge (?-?), daughter ; Margaret (Bliss) Leavitt (?-?), daughter ; Alice (Bliss) Smith (?-?), daughter ; E. Huntington Bliss (1876-1905), son ;
Training: likely Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL ;
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Member: Froebel Kindergarten Association, Chicago, IL, secretary, 1885 ; Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL, trustee, 1891-1892 ;
Exhibited with: Salmagundi Club, New York, NY ;
Awards:
Milestones: Was a missionary and lived in Beirut, Syria for 40 years ; Brother owned art supply company that sold linseed oil ;
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Document permalink:
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Digital-born document number:
FAD.2018.37990
Digital document provenance:
Original compiled and researched document by the Fine Art Database, 266 West 21st Street, New York, NY.
Document license:
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Image license:
The author of this artwork died more than 70 years ago. According to U.S. Copyright Law, copyright expires 70 years after the author’s death. In other countries, legislation may differ.
Record birth date:
August 15, 2018
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