(i.e. askART, an artist directory with millions of worldwide artists' paintings and art - Auction records and results, artwork prices, valuations, signatures, images and artist biographies. [3][24][nb 5], Though Louisa placed a stone with her initials at the family plot at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, May is buried in Paris[30] at Montrouge. (vs. a photo or a print multiple). Roberts Bros., 1879, first edition. and participating auction houses. "[1] Her strength was as a copyist and as a painter of still life, in oils and watercolors, and she painted many panels featuring flowers on a black background. Then, Lulu was raised by her father, Ernest Nieriker, in Zurich, Switzerland. Like "Amy March" in ... was Louisa’s 1868 success with Little Women that provided the opportunity for her to take three trips abroad to study art in London, Paris, and Rome. Sign in to view your bids, favorites & more! Lot 145: ABIGAIL MAY ALCOTT BOTANICAL PAINTING. Like "Amy March" in Little Women, May was a blue-eyed golden girl who possessed from childhood an intense love of beauty and all things artistic and elegant. (i.e. She studied art anatomy with William Rimmer in Boston, and also studied with William Morris Hunt, Krug, Vautier and Müller among others. Often an ideal situation is when an artwork has never been touched up, even though it might need cleaning badly. Her cause of death may have been unrelated to childbirth. May Alcott began to study art in 1856 when she was just sixteen years old. Description: [8][9] then returned home in August, 1861[9] or 1862 to begin teaching art at the Concord school run by her father's friend Franklin Benjamin Sanborn. May Alcott visited Paris, studied at the Académie Julian in 1870[13] and exhibited in both cities, as well as elsewhere in the US and in London. If you are unable to determine the artist’s name, you might provide photos (or jpgs) to dealers and auction houses (not museums) carrying similar works. Artwork created by women was considered to be inferior, and to help overcome that stereotype women became "increasingly vocal and confident" in promoting women's work, and thus became part of the emerging image of the educated, modern and freer "New Woman". May Alcott is known for Landscape and still life painting, book illustration. Visitors who become. May (Abigail May) Alcott was active/lived in Massachusetts / France. A panel of goldenrod given to neighbor/mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson still hangs in his study. [23] Ernest was supportive of May's artist career and had helped her through the death of her mother on November 25, 1877, and they were engaged in February 1878. Roberts Bros., 1879, first edition. [citation needed] Beginning in December, 1860, May was in Syracuse, New York, where she taught an early form of art therapy at Dr. Wilbur's asylum (Syracuse State School). ). She married at the age of 38, only to die one year later after giving birth to her first child. The condition of your artwork will make a significant difference to its value. Founded in 2002, Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide is a scholarly, refereed e-journal devoted to the study of nineteenth-century painting, sculpture, graphic arts, photography, architecture, and decorative arts across the globe. Mar 22, 2017 - Explore Michelle-J-Andrew's board "May Alcott's illustrations and paintings" on Pinterest. If you are unsure, we suggest you let a local frame shop or art gallery help you determine if you have an original work versus a reproduction. ", "A Look At Another Branch of the Louisa May Alcott Family Tree. Académie Julian, Les ateliers réservés aux jeunes-femmes - Vers la mixité des Beaux-Arts. These must mention the painting specifically enough for it to be identified, not in vague or broad terms. Your email address or password is incorrect. You may need advice from a restorer to determine what condition your art is in, especially if it is an older work.

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