Mary White Bidwell (1827-1903)
American landscape painter & sculptor ;
Mary Bidwell ; M. W. Bidwell ; M.W. Bidwell ; M. White Bidwell ; Miss Mary White Bidwell ; Miss Mary W. Bidwell ; Miss M. W. Bidwell ;
[Born November 29, 1827 in East Hartford, CT – died April 8, 1903 in Huntington, FL]
FAD record control number: 47381 ;
Record level: Person ;
Record type: Artist ;
Mary White Bidwell (1827-1903) biography:
Birth: November 29, 1827 in East Hartford, CT ;
Death: April 8, 1903 in Huntington, FL ;
Sex: Female ;
Ethnicity: White ;
Zodiac: Sagittarius ;
Known for: Landscape painting ; low relief medallions ;
Medium: Oil ; clay ; ceramic ;
Technique: Painting ; sculpting ;
Subjects: Landscape ; people ;
Areas: East Hartford, CT ; Brooklyn, NY (winters) ; Adirondack Mountains, NY ; Nassau, Bahamas (ca.1881) ; Darien, CT (ca.1879) ; Naubuc, Glastonbury, CT (ca.1877) ; Ausable, NY (ca.1877) ; Huntington, FL ;
Region: North East ; South East ;
Lived: East Hartford, CT ; 29 St. James Place, Brooklyn, NY (1877) (winters) ; Huntington, FL ;
Father: Daniel Bidwell, III (1777-1852), a farmer ;
Mother: Mary (White) Bidwell (1797-1863) ;
Relatives: Daniel Lafayette Bidwell (1824-1853), brother ; James Marcus Bidwell (1825-1826), brother ; Charles Marcus Bidwell (1829-1903), brother ; James Francis Bidwell (1831-1832), brother ; Martha Bailey Bidwell (1833-1906), sister ;
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Training: A school teacher with limited basic knowledge, earliest training ; Lectures by Miss M. A. Dwight (?-?), color theory (1858) ; Private training under George Henry Durrie, Sr. (1820-1863) (ca.1860) ; Private study under Frederick Stiles Jewett (1819-1864) (ca.1860-ca.1862) ; Cooper Institute (Cooper Union), New York, NY, sculpture (ca.1863) ;
Instructors: [unknown] school teacher ; Miss M. A. Dwight (?-?) ; George Henry Durrie, Sr. (1820-1863) ; Frederick Stiles Jewett (1819-1864) ;
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Member: Brooklyn Art Association, Brooklyn, NY ;
Exhibited with: Brooklyn Art Association, Brooklyn, NY (April 1874, May 1875, November 1875, April 1876, April 1877, April 1878, December 1879, May 1880, January 1881, December 1882) ;
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Digital-born document number:
FAD.2019.47381
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Record birth date:
March 12, 2019
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