Susannah “Susie” M Barstow (1836-1923)
American Hudson River School / Romantic landscape painter & art teacher ;
S. M. Barstow ; Susie M. Barstow ; S.M. Barstow ; Susie Barstow ; Miss SM Barstow ;
[Born May 9, 1836 in New York, NY – died June 12, 1923 in her home in Brooklyn, NY]
FAD record control number: 46511 ;
Record level: Person ;
Record type: Artist ;
Susannah “Susie” M Barstow (1836-1923) biography:
Birth: May 9, 1836 in New York, NY ;
Death: June 12, 1923 in her home in Brooklyn, NY ;
Sex: Female ;
Ethnicity: White ;
Zodiac: Taurus ;
Known for: Romantic or Hudson River School landscape paintings ; still-life (early in her career) ;
Medium: Oil ; pen & ink ; watercolor ;
Technique: Painting ; drawing ;
Subjects: Landscape ; mountains ; Adirondacks ; VT ;
Areas: New York, NY (1836-1855) ; Clarendon, VT ; Pembroke, MA ; Hanover, MA ; Northampton, MA ; Mosquito Hollow, PA (ca.1859) ; Mount Kisco, NY (ca.1859) ; Saratoga, NY (September, 1880) ; Brooklyn, NY (1875-1923) ; Sebago, ME ; Camden, ME ; CA ; Switzerland (1865, 1878) ; Germany (1881) ; Holland (1881) ; Belgium (1881) France (1885) ; Holderness, ME (1886) ; trip around the world (1902-1904)
Region: North East ;
Lived: Rutgers Female Institute, 487, 489, 491, Fifth Avenue, New York, NY (1848) ; 144 Madison Street, Brooklyn, NY (1861-1863) ; 79 West 38th Street, Brooklyn, NY (1864) ; 98 Clark Street, Brooklyn, NY (1865-1866) ; 168 Washington Street, Brooklyn, NY (1867-1869) ; 182 Washington Street, Brooklyn, NY (1871-1887) ; Liverpool, England (1878) ; 344 Carlton Avenue, Brooklyn, NY (1889-1891) ; 147 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn, NY (1923) ; 122 Montague Street, Brooklyn, NY (1923) ;
Father: Samuel Barstow (1805-1884), New York tea merchant ;
Mother: Mary (Tylee) Blossom Barstow (1813-1895) ;
Relatives: Ann Maria Barstow (1831-1909), sister ; Mary Blossom Barstow (1842-1845), sister ; Elisha Blossom Barstow (1846-1932), brother ; Susie B. Skelding (1857-1934), niece & executor of will, also a botanical artist & illustrator, traveled with his aunt around the world ; Mary Barstow Pitt (1867-1940), niece, also an artist ; Kate G. Barstow (?-?), niece ;
Spouse: [unmarried] ;
Children: [none] ;
Training: Rutgers’ Female Institute, New York, NY, New York’s first female college (1853) ; School of Design for Women, Cooper Institute (now Cooper Union), New York, NY (1862) ; Possibly the National Academy of Design, New York, NY (1858-1859) [based on exhibition participation with the National Academy of Design, New York, NY during those years and her painting style & that a class devoted to teaching women began in 1857] ; Europe ;
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Work:
Taught: Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences (now Brooklyn Museum of Art), Brooklyn, NY (by 1910) ;
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Member: Brooklyn Art Association, Brooklyn, NY ; Brooklyn Art Club, Brooklyn, NY ; New York Water Color Society, New York, NY ; Baptist Temple, Brooklyn, NY, taught Sunday school ;
Exhibited with: Boston Art Club, Boston, MA (1883, 1884, 1887) ; National Academy of Design, New York, NY (1858, 1859, 1861, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1871, 1872, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1891) ; Brooklyn Art Association, Brooklyn, NY (1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886) ; Iowa Exposition, Des Moines, IA (1877) ; New York Water Color Society, New York, NY (?-?) ; Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn, NY ; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA (1867, 1868, 1869) ;
Awards:
Milestones: Was friends with Asher Brown Durand (1796-1886) ; Painted up until the last year of her life ;
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Digital-born document number:
FAD.2019.46511
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Record birth date:
February 26, 2019
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