Ethel Evans
Ethel Evans (1866–1929) was an American painter.
Personal life
Evans was born in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. She stayed in the Midwest until traveling to Paris in 1895, where she both studied and exhibited art. In 1910 she had a near-death experience when a gas explosion occurred underneath the streetcar she was riding in. From 1917 to 1928, she travelled with her older sister, Elizabeth Evans Lindsey, to locations including Cuba, Florida, Puerto Rico, and Colombia. She died in 1929 in New York City.[1]
Career
Early in her career, Evans was student at the
Evans was in Paris for instruction from 1895 to 1898, where she lived at the address Bara rue II.[5] Her teachers included Raphael Collin and Augustus Koopman.[6] While in Paris, she exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1897. After coming back from Paris, she became Teacher of Mechanical Drawing in Omaha. Later, while traveling with her sister, she exhibited in the February 1914 American Women Art Association show at rue de Chevreuse.[7] Her memberships included the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors and the Pen and Brush Club of New York.[8]
References
- ^ "Ethel Evans - Biography". askart.com. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
- ^ "western art assoc, 1891 Omaha". Omaha Daily Bee. 1891-12-13. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
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- ^ "Trans-Mississippi International Exposition". trans-mississippi.unl.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
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- ^ "AWAA Twentieth-Century Exhibitions | Reid Hall". reidhall.globalcenters.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
- ISBN 978-0-8161-8456-9.