Rosina Emmet Sherwood | |
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 Rosina Emmet Sherwood c. 1880 | |
| Born | Rosina Emmet (1854-12-13)December 13, 1854 |
| Died | January 19, 1948(1948-01-19) (aged 93) |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Painting,Portraiture |
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Rosina Emmet Sherwood (13 December 1854 – 19 January 1948) was an American painter.
Born inNew York City on 13 December 1854,[1] she was the daughter of William J. andJulia Pierson Emmet;[2] her surviving siblings wereRobert Temple Emmet (1854–1936), her twin;William LeRoy Emmet (1858–1941);Devereux Emmet (1861–1934); Richard Stockton Emmet (b.1863);Lydia Field Emmet (1866–1952);Jane Emmet de Glehn (1873–1961);Christopher Temple Emmet (1868–1957); and Thomas Addis Emmet (b.1870).[3] Her first cousin was the painterEllen Emmet Rand.[4]
Sherwood may have received her earliest training in art from her mother; a sketchbook dating to 1873 was in the hands of family members in 1987. Rosina traveled to Europe in 1876–1877, and was presented toQueen Victoria during the trip. Returning to New York, she and her friendDora Wheeler began study withWilliam Merritt Chase, and by 1881 she took studio space in theTenth Street Studio Building. Among her earliest works were illustrations for publications such asHarper's Magazine, and in 1880 she won the $1,000 first prize in a competition to design a Christmas card forLouis Prang & Company. Sherwood and Wheeler worked together in the design firm Associated Artists, run by Candace Wheeler, Dora's mother; they designed tapestries, curtains, and wallpaper. Subjects included a variety drawn from American literature.In 1884–1885 the women attended classes at theAcadémie Julian in Paris;[2] Sherwood's instructor there wasTony Robert-Fleury.[4]
Rosina married, in 1887, Arthur Sherwood, having five children with him, including futurePulitzer Prize winnerRobert E. Sherwood. She continued working after her marriage, often looking to members of her family as her subjects.
Elizabeth Eggleston Seelye's story "“The A.O.I.B.R." appeared inHarper's Bazaar in 1889 with Sherwood's illustration of a child reading. The Rockwell Centre for American Visual Studies cites this as a surprisingly early illustration of a girl reading. The subject of a female reading in this sketch is thought as rare (like the examples in Louisa Allcott'sLittle Women).[5]
A portrait ofArcher Huntington, husband ofAnna Hyatt Huntington, dated to 1892, is currently owned by theHispanic Society of America.
In 1893, Sherwood painted the muralThe Republic's Welcome to Her Daughters for theWoman's Building of the1893 World's Fair. Her work was alsoexhibited in thePalace of Fine Arts at the Fair[6]
She accepted commissions once more in 1918 to provide support for her family, and continued painting watercolors for much of her career. One of these, 1922'sSan Pedro, Manila, was included in the inaugural exhibition of theNational Museum of Women in the Arts,American Women Artists 1830–1930, in 1987.[2]
A drawing by Sherwood is currently in the collection of theSmithsonian American Art Museum.[7]
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