![]() Paul Sternberg, Sr., Art by American Women After she died on May 14, 1923, a small bird sanctuary was erected by the townspeople in her memory.Ĭharlotte Rubinstein, American Women Artists in a circle of literary and artistic maiden ladies, riding her bicycle to sketching excursions or to 'woodland picnics and afternoon teas" (Rubinstein 62). In 1867, Whitney and Bridges went to Italy together, and then Bridges traveled alone, which gave her ongoing feelings of self reliance.Īs an older woman in Canaan, she was described as a "village personality. ![]() Louis, in nine exhibitions at the Pennsylvania Academy, and twenty-six annual exhibitions of the National Academy of Design*.īridges was also a good friend of sculptor, Anne Whitney, who strongly influenced Bridges to become an independent woman. She exhibited extensively including at the 1876 Philadelphia Exposition*, the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition* in St. In 1874, Bridges was elected an associate of the National Academy of Design*, and in 1875, became a member of the National Water Color Society*. Much of her early career was in New York City, but her primary residence was Salem, Massachusetts until 1892, when she moved to Canaan, Connecticut and lived there the remainder of her life. Generally Fidelia had a quiet, independent life focused on the serenity of nature. She became a close friend to the Richards family. He encouraged her highly realistic style of recording nature with botanical accuracy and once she got her own studio, he promoted her among his wealthy friends. She became a mother's helper in a Quaker household in Brooklyn, New York, and then was a student of William Trost Richrads at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts*. For Prang, with whom she worked from 1881 to 1899, she designed greeting cards and illustrated calendars and books including in 1886, Familiar Birds and What Poets Sing of Them.īridges was the child of parents who, living in China, died when she was young. She was also an illustrator, a part of her career that began in 1876 when she sold her first watercolors to publisher and chromolithographer* Louis Prang. There are 24 similar (related) artists for Fidelia Bridges available:Įdward Dufner, William Bradford, William Mason Brown, Edward Lamson Henry, Charles Caryl Coleman, Regis Gignoux, John William Casilear, Samuel Colman, John F Francis, James Carroll Beckwith, Morston Ream, Edward B Gay, John Dolph, John Hill, Allen Tucker, David Johnson, Jasper Francis Cropsey, Charles Courtney Curran, James McDougal Hart, Laura Coombs Hills, George Henry Hall, Felicie Waldo Howell, Luther Van Gorder, Edmund C Coates askART lists Fidelia Bridges in 2 of its research Essays.įidelia Bridges has 5 artist signature examples available in our database. Galleries and art dealers listing works of art by Fidelia Bridges as either "Wanted" or "For Sale" There are 2Īrtworks for sale on our website by galleries and art dealers askART's database currently holds 113 auction lots for Fidelia Bridges (of whichĩ3 auction records sold and 0 are upcoming at auction.)Īrtist artworks for sale and wanted. For Prang, with whom she worked from 1881 to 1899, she designed greeting cards and illustrated calendars and bo ![]() However, later in her career, her style became somewhat looser in that the backgrounds were less defined. Of her painting of this period, landscapist John Kensett wrote in Art Journal: 'Her works are like little lyric poems, and she dwells with loving touches on each of her birds like blossoms atilt among the leaves'. She was a follower of the Pre-Raphaelite* movement in art, the close-focus, detailed, small scale watercolor technique espoused by John Ruskin. This was a time when watercolor became increasingly respected. Born in Salem, Massachusetts, Fidelia Bridges became a specialist in detailed watercolor studies of plants and flowers and birds in their natural surroundings. ![]()
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