Emma Mendenhall
Emma Mendenhall
Sailboats and Boats Dock Scenes
Gouache/Watercolor
14 x 18 inches, 18 3/4 x 22 1/2 inches in the frame
Unsigned
ID: DH4033
Emma Mendenhall
(American, 1873-1964)
Emma Mendenhall was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1873. She was a painter who specialized in landscapes, protraits, and flowers. She traveled frequently, usually with fellow painter Dixie Selden, painting scenes of Mexico, Normandy, Brittany, Spain, and Italy. Her summers were often spent along the New England coast where she painted with Annie Sykes. She died in 1964.
Studied
Cincinnati Art Academy with Nowottny & F. Duveneck; Acad. Julian, Paris; summer school with Rhoda H. Nicholls; C. Woodbury, Ogunquit Sch.; H. Snell, Boothbay Harbor, ME, c.1914
Member
AWCS; NAC; Wash.WCC; Woman’s Art Club; Prof. Artists; 3 Arts Club; MacDowell Club
Exhibited
AIC
Work
Cincinnati Public Schools; Mus. Center (these works were originally in the Kirby, Bond Hill & Hughes H.S., Cincinnati)
Resources
WW59; WW47; Petteys, Dictionary of Women Artists; Barbara Kuntz, "Cincinnati School House Treasures," American Art Review, vol. 10, no. 2; Charles Woodbury and His Students; add’l info. Courtesy Selma Koss Holtz, Waban, MA