Margaret Jordan Patterson
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| Born | 1867 Soerabaija, Java, Dutch East Indies |
| Died | 1950 (aged 82–83) Boston, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Painting |
Margaret Jordan Patterson (1867-1950) was an American woodblock printmaker and painter.[1]
The daughter of a Maine sea captain, Patterson was born on board her father's ship near Surabaya, Java.[2] She then grew up in Boston and Maine.[1]
Her first art instruction came from a correspondence course given by the publisher Louis Prang.[2] She then studied at the Pratt Institute starting in 1895.[3][4] She also studied with Claudio Castellucho in Florence and Hermenegildo Anglada Camarasa in Paris.[2] She also developed friendships with the artists Arthur Wesley Dow and Charles Woodbury.[2] In 1910 she learned how to create color woodblock prints from Ethel Mars.[2]
She later became head of the art department at Dana Hall School in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and held that job until she retired in 1940.[3] She also worked as an art teacher in public schools in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.[4] Some of her awards are honorable mention at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition in 1915, and a medal from the Philadelphia Watercolor Club in 1939.[4] Her art is now held in the Cleveland Art Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Oakland Art Museum, the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Vose Galleries - Margaret Jordan Patterson".
- ^ a b c d e Hirshler, Erica E. (2001). A Studio of Her Own: Women Artists in Boston 1870-1940. MFA Publications. p. 188.
- ^ a b "Eye Level: Q and Art: Margaret Jordan Patterson". Eye Level.
- ^ a b c d "Margaret Jordan Patterson (1867 - 1950) United States".
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