Amanda Austin
Born	(1859-03-28)March 28, 1859 Carrollton, Missouri, U.S.
Died	March 25, 1917(1917-03-25) (aged 57) New York, New York, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Missouri
Known for	Painting scultpure

Amanda Petronella Austin (1859 – 1917) was an Americanpainter andsculptor.

A native ofCarrollton,Missouri, Austin studied from 1877 to 1879 at theUniversity of Missouri, becoming a favored pupil ofGeorge Caleb Bingham, to whom she gave two of her paintings.^[1] In 1879 she moved toSacramento, home of her great-uncle, Jefferson Wilcoxson;^[2] he was ill, and in return for her care he provided money for her to continue her training, which she did in the studio ofNorton Bush.^[1]

Her first exposure came at the 1880California State Fair, where her drawings won praise from the critic ofThe Sacramento Bee. The following year at the Fair, the showing of herMorning Glories brought her a measure of notoriety. In May 1882 she enrolled in theSan Francisco School of Design; she continued to exhibit regularly in Sacramento at this point, and also at theSan Francisco Art Association, where she received a gold medal and an honorable mention. Later in 1885 she taught for a few months at the School of Design in Sacramento; on January 16, 1886, she opened her own studio in that town's Oddfellows building. Her painting class attracted many students.^[1]

In 1908 Austin went to Paris, where she kept a studio until 1912 and studied withJean Escoula andEmile Renard. Here she began to work at sculpture, and in 1909 a marble bust ofMiss Quinn was accepted for show at theSociété Nationale des Beaux-Arts. Its exhibition won her a place in theUnion Internationale des Beaux-Artes et des Lettres. In 1912 she returned to Sacramento;Miss Quinn, along with other works, was exhibited at thePanama–Pacific International Exposition. With another sculpture it then traveled to exhibits at theBuffalo Fine Arts Academy and theArt Institute of Chicago. In 1916, with a commission in hand from the city of Sacramento, Austin returned once more to Paris to execute a monument, only to be told by her doctor to return as she was dying of cancer. En route, she died in New York City, three days before turning fifty-eight.^[1] On her deathbed Austin married E. Lee Allen. She left all her property to him in her will, but her family contested it. The result was that her works were divided up and her legacy fell into obscurity.^[3]

Morning Glories, currently among her works in the collection of theCrocker Art Museum, was included in the inaugural exhibition of theNational Museum of Women in the Arts,American Women Artists 1830–1930, in 1987.^[1]

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