Jane Emmet de Glehn
Jane Emmet de Glehn | |
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![]() Portrait of Jane Emmet De Glehn by Wilfrid de Glehn | |
Born | Jane Erin Emmet 1873 |
Died | 20 February 1961 |
Nationality | American |
Known for | Painting, Portraiture |
Spouse | Wilfrid de Glehn |
Jane Erin Emmet de Glehn (born Jane Erin Emmet in 1873; died 20 February 1961)[1] was an American figure and portrait painter.
Early life
Born in
Both her older sisters
Early career
Jane Emmet's career began while studying at the New York's Art Students League and she later studied under Frederick William MacMonnies in Paris.[10] She then travelled in Europe to view the work of the Grand Masters and continue her studies.
Wilfrid de Glehn and John Singer Sargent
After returning to America, she met and married the notable British impressionist painter Wilfrid de Glehn (1870–1951) in 1904 in New Rochelle, New York. Following their marriage, the couple honeymooned in Cornwall, England, vacationed in Paris and Venice, and made a permanent home in Chelsea, London.[10]
In England, Jane continued to draw and paint, exhibiting her work at the New English Art Club, the
When World War I broke out, both Jane and Wilfrid joined the staff of a British hospital for French soldiers, Hôpital Temporaire d'Arc-en-Barrois, Haute-Marne, France in January 1915. On their return to England the following year, Wifrid was commissioned and seconded to the Front in Italy in 1917. After the war they returned to England, and Wilfrid held a solo exhibition at the Leicester Galleries and another solo show in New York in 1920. For the next decade the two would spend summers in Cornwall and winters in France.[citation needed]
Later life
Unlike her sisters, or her cousin Ellen Emmet Rand, or her husband, Jane Emmet de Glehn was not a prolific artist; after 1913 she generally exhibited her work alongside of that of her husband.[13] During the 1930s and 1940s Jane had a studio in New York. In 1940 she shared an exhibition with her sister Lydia Field Emmet, and like her sisters and cousin, preferred to mostly work in portraiture. After her husband's death in 1951, Jane Emmet de Glehn spent much of her time casually sketching her extended family and members of her social circle. She and Wilfrid had no children and she died in 1961.[citation needed]
Legacy
In late April 2007, Arden Galleries in Manhattan held a family exhibit of five generations of the Emmet women's paintings. The 130 exhibits by 14 artists began with nine portraits by Jane Emmet de Glehn's great-aunt Elizabeth Emmet (a.k.a. Elizabeth Emmet LeRoy) and ended with nine sculptures by great-great-grandniece Julia Townsend, aged 22, and with two by Beulah Emmet, aged 18.[3]
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Jane Erin Emmet de Glehn en 1904 àVenise, John Singer Sargent
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La Fontaine, Villa Torlonia (Frascati), 1907, John Singer Sargent
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Jane Emmet de Glehn à Corfu, 1909
References
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- ^ a b Time Magazine. Friday, May 04, 2007
- ^ "Messum's". Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ^ a b Weber, Robert J. Inventive Minds: Creativity in Technology, Vol 49, p. 293 New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1992
- ^ Broderick, John T. Willis Rodney Whitney: Pioneer of Industrial Research, p. 133. Kessinger Publishing, 2006
- ^ William LeRoy Emmet. Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. "Emmet". Archived from the original on 7 July 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
- ^ "Medal of Honor Recipients Indian Wars Period". Army Center of Military History. Archived from the original on 3 August 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
- ^ "A Brief History". Schuyler Meadows Club. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ a b "Wilfrid Gabriel De Glehn, R.A. (1870-1951), Boats in a harbour, St Tropez". Christie's. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ^ La Carmencita – John Singer Sargent Virtual Gallery
- ^ The Fountain, Villa Torlonia Frascati –John Singer Sargent Virtual Gallery
- ^ Tappert, Tara Leigh: The Emmets: A Generation of Gifted Women, New York: Borghi and Co., 1993.