Caroline Amelia Powell

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Caroline Amelia Powell
Born1852 (1852)
Dublin, Ireland
Died1935 (aged 82–83)
Boston, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Known forIllustration, Printmaking

Caroline Amelia Powell (1852–1935) was an Irish-born American engraver and illustrator. She was the first woman to become a member of the Society of American Wood Engravers.

Portrait of Major-General O. O. Howard by Caroline A. Powell

Biography

Powell was born in 1852 in Dublin, Ireland.[1] She studied at Cooper Union and the National Academy of Design, both located in New York City.[2] Her teachers included the engravers William James Linton and Timothy Cole.[3]

Around 1880 Powell's work began appearing in magazines such as The Century Magazine and Scribner's Monthly.[4]

Powell exhibited her work in the Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[3] She also exhibited at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.[4]

Powell's wood engravings reproduced art work by her contemporaries including

Riverside Publishing in Cambridge.[4]

Powell died in 1935 in

References

  1. ^ a b "Caroline Amelia Powell". AskArt. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d "Monographs on American Wood Engravers: Caroline Amelia Powell". Printing Art. 13. University Press: 188–194. 1918.

External links

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