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St. Louis Women Artists - 19th & 20th Century

Mabel Meeker Edsall (1881-1973)
In: Who's who of American women; a biographical dictionary of notable living American women. Chicago : Marquis-Who's Who, Ed. 1, 1958-1959 & Ed. 2, 1960-61

Nancy Coonsman Hahn (1887 - 1976)
In: American Women Sculptors: A History of Women Working in Three Dimensions
Charlotte Streifer Rubinstein. G. K. Hall & Co. Boston, 1990.

In: Notable Women of St. Louis (available at the StLPL, through MOBIUS or ILLIad)
Edited and published by Mrs. Chas. P. Johnson. St. Louis: Woodward, 1914.

Martha Harriet Hoke (1861-1939)
Sources in askart
Also listed In:The Dictionary of Women Artists: an international dictionary of women artists born before 1900 Chris Petteys. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1985.

Harriet Goodhue Hosmer (1830-1908)
Across an Untried Sea : Discovering Lives Hidden in the Shadow of Convention and Time
Julia Markus. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2000.

Harriet Hosmer: American Sculptor, 1830-1908
Dolly Sherwood. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1991.

Harriet Hosmer Letters and Memories
Editor: Cornelia Carr. New York : Moffat, Yard and Company, 1912.

Marble Queens and Captives : Women in Nineteenth-Century American Sculpture
Joy S. Kasson. New Haven : Yale University Press, c1990.

R. A. Bradford: 'The Life and Works of Harriet Hosmer', New England Mag., n.s., xlv (1911), pp. 265-9.
W. H. Gerdts: American Neoclassic Sculpture (New York, 1973)
B. Groseclose: 'Hosmer's Tomb to Judith Falconnet: Death and the Maiden', Amer. A. J., xii (1980), pp. 78--89
R. Nickerson: 'A Vanguard of American Women Sculptors', Sculp. Rev., xxxv (Winter 1986--7), pp. 16--24
A. Mariani: 'Sleeping and Waking Fauns: Harriet Goodhue Hosmer's Experience of Italy, 1852--1870', The Italian Presence in American Art, 1760--1860, ed. I. B. Jaffe
(Rome, 1989), pp. 66--81
C. Colbert: 'Harriet Hosmer and Spiritualism', Amer. A., x (1996), pp. 28--49
(Also noted in American Women Sculptors&hellip.and Arts in St. Louis, see below)

Cornelia Field Maury (1866-1938)
In:The Dictionary of Women Artists: an international dictionary of women artists born before 1900 Chris Petteys. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1985.
Who was who in American art 1564-1975 : 400 years of artists in America, volume 2. Peter Hastings Falk, ed. Madison, CT : Sound View Press, c1999.

Hannah Brown Skeele (1829-1901)
Sources in askart
Also In:The Dictionary of Women Artists:an international dictionary of women artists born before 1900 Chris Petteys. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1985.

Aline Subit (1819-1896)
Sources in askart

Books - General studies in which St. Louis women artists are included

Arts in St. Louis
William Tod Helmuth, St. Louis, MO. 1864.

First annual exhibition, April 17 to May 1, 1895.
St. Louis Association of Painters & Sculptors. Museum of Fine Arts, St. Louis. 1895.

High Art Down Home: An Economic Ethnography of a Local Art Market
Stuart Plattner. University of Chicago Press, 1996.

In Her Place: A Guide to St. Louis Women's History
Catharine T. Corbett, Missouri Historical Society Press, 1999.

Profiles in silhouette : the contributions of Black women of Missouri
Thelma Wood Morgan, editor ; Georgia White, illustrator
St. Louis, Mo. : St. Louis Alumnae Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, c1980.

Public Art in St. Louis, Sculpture, Architecture, Mural Decorations, Stained Glass
Mary Powell. St. Louis Public Library Monthly Bulletin, July-August, 1925.

St. Louis Artists' Guild, 1877-1977, centennial exhibition
St. Louis, MO. : St. Louis Artists' Guild, 1976.

The Story of the St. Louis Artists' Guild, 1886-1936
St. Louis, MO.: s.n. , 1936?.

Articles

"St. Louis Women Artists 1818-1945: An Exhibition"
Author: Karen McCoskey Goering.
Gateway Heritage Quarterly Journal of the Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, MO
Vol. 3, no.1, summer 1982. pp. 14-21.

Periodical Sources

Bulletin of the St. Louis Art League
Published St. Louis, St. Louis Art League. Volumes span 1914-1917.

Work by a Group of Women Artists in St. Louis
Publisher: City Art Museum of St. Louis: St. Louis, MO.
Holdings- St. Louis Museum of Art :1941-1943, 1945-1948, 1950,1952-1954, 1957, 1959, 1961-1962

Early St. Louis Newspapers ~ link to catalog list

Saint Louis Daily Union / 1864
Saint Louis Leader /1856 : Daily
Saint Louis Leader /1856 : Weekly
St. Louis Daily Bulletin / 1859
St. Louis Daily Evening Bulletin /1859
St. Louis Daily New Era /1850
The St. Louis Dispatch /1877
St. Louis Evening Post /1878
St. Louis Globe-Democrat /1875 -1986
St. Louis Post And Dispatch / 1879
Sunday Leader /1856

*for a broader list of titles, use OCLC FirstSearch's UnionLists kw = missouri newspapers

Index to St. Louis Newspapers
St. Louis, MO. St. Louis Public Library. 1976.

Beyond the Washington University Libraries

Both the St. Louis Public Library & the Missouri Historical Society's Library & Research Center have information on St. Louis artists. Please consult these libraries for details on the following publications.

Notable Women of St. Louis Edited and published by Mrs. Chas. P. Johnson. St. Louis: Woodward, 1914.

The Potter's Wheel : an early twentieth centry support network of women artists and writers Beverly D. Bishop. 1984.
Note: following the subject link in this record, Women Artists-Missouri-Saint Louis, leads to other related works.

St. Louis Woman's Biography: A Master Index Scroll down the page to use the alphabetical index

St. Louis Women Artists : a guide to the holdings in the Division of Library and Archives
St. Louis, Mo. : Division of Library and Archives, Missouri Historical Society, 1982.

Women Resources Page

Contemporary St. Louis Women Artists

St. Louis Women Artist Exhibition Catalog.
Curator: Olivia Lahs Gonzales. Innsbrook Conference Center, Innsbrook, MO, 2000.

St. Louis Women's Causus for Art

Venus Envy

Skip navigation Library Home Search Resources Catalog Articles Databases Research Help Check This Out How Do I ... Services Libraries Comments WUSTL		St. Louis Women Artists - 19th & 20th Century Mabel Meeker Edsall (1881-1973) In: Who's who of American women; a biographical dictionary of notable living American women. Chicago : Marquis-Who's Who, Ed. 1, 1958-1959 & Ed. 2, 1960-61 Nancy Coonsman Hahn (1887 - 1976) In: American Women Sculptors: A History of Women Working in Three Dimensions Charlotte Streifer Rubinstein. G. K. Hall & Co. Boston, 1990. In: Notable Women of St. Louis (available at the StLPL, through MOBIUS or ILLIad) Edited and published by Mrs. Chas. P. Johnson. St. Louis: Woodward, 1914. Martha Harriet Hoke (1861-1939) Sources in askart Also listed In:The Dictionary of Women Artists: an international dictionary of women artists born before 1900 Chris Petteys. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1985. Harriet Goodhue Hosmer (1830-1908) Across an Untried Sea : Discovering Lives Hidden in the Shadow of Convention and Time Julia Markus. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. Harriet Hosmer: American Sculptor, 1830-1908 Dolly Sherwood. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1991. Harriet Hosmer Letters and Memories Editor: Cornelia Carr. New York : Moffat, Yard and Company, 1912. Marble Queens and Captives : Women in Nineteenth-Century American Sculpture Joy S. Kasson. New Haven : Yale University Press, c1990. R. A. Bradford: 'The Life and Works of Harriet Hosmer', New England Mag., n.s., xlv (1911), pp. 265-9. W. H. Gerdts: American Neoclassic Sculpture (New York, 1973) B. Groseclose: 'Hosmer's Tomb to Judith Falconnet: Death and the Maiden', Amer. A. J., xii (1980), pp. 78--89 R. Nickerson: 'A Vanguard of American Women Sculptors', Sculp. Rev., xxxv (Winter 1986--7), pp. 16--24 A. Mariani: 'Sleeping and Waking Fauns: Harriet Goodhue Hosmer's Experience of Italy, 1852--1870', The Italian Presence in American Art, 1760--1860, ed. I. B. Jaffe (Rome, 1989), pp. 66--81 C. Colbert: 'Harriet Hosmer and Spiritualism', Amer. A., x (1996), pp. 28--49 (Also noted in American Women Sculptors&hellip.and Arts in St. Louis, see below) Cornelia Field Maury (1866-1938) In:The Dictionary of Women Artists: an international dictionary of women artists born before 1900 Chris Petteys. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1985. Who was who in American art 1564-1975 : 400 years of artists in America, volume 2. Peter Hastings Falk, ed. Madison, CT : Sound View Press, c1999. Hannah Brown Skeele (1829-1901) Sources in askart Also In:The Dictionary of Women Artists:an international dictionary of women artists born before 1900 Chris Petteys. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1985. Aline Subit (1819-1896) Sources in askart Books - General studies in which St. Louis women artists are included Arts in St. Louis William Tod Helmuth, St. Louis, MO. 1864. First annual exhibition, April 17 to May 1, 1895. St. Louis Association of Painters & Sculptors. Museum of Fine Arts, St. Louis. 1895. High Art Down Home: An Economic Ethnography of a Local Art Market Stuart Plattner. University of Chicago Press, 1996. In Her Place: A Guide to St. Louis Women's History Catharine T. Corbett, Missouri Historical Society Press, 1999. Profiles in silhouette : the contributions of Black women of Missouri Thelma Wood Morgan, editor ; Georgia White, illustrator St. Louis, Mo. : St. Louis Alumnae Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, c1980. Public Art in St. Louis, Sculpture, Architecture, Mural Decorations, Stained Glass Mary Powell. St. Louis Public Library Monthly Bulletin, July-August, 1925. St. Louis Artists' Guild, 1877-1977, centennial exhibition St. Louis, MO. : St. Louis Artists' Guild, 1976. The Story of the St. Louis Artists' Guild, 1886-1936 St. Louis, MO.: s.n. , 1936?. Articles "St. Louis Women Artists 1818-1945: An Exhibition" Author: Karen McCoskey Goering. Gateway Heritage Quarterly Journal of the Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, MO Vol. 3, no.1, summer 1982. pp. 14-21. Periodical Sources Bulletin of the St. Louis Art League Published St. Louis, St. Louis Art League. Volumes span 1914-1917. Work by a Group of Women Artists in St. Louis Publisher: City Art Museum of St. Louis: St. Louis, MO. Holdings- St. Louis Museum of Art :1941-1943, 1945-1948, 1950,1952-1954, 1957, 1959, 1961-1962 Early St. Louis Newspapers ~ link to catalog list Saint Louis Daily Union / 1864 Saint Louis Leader /1856 : Daily Saint Louis Leader /1856 : Weekly St. Louis Daily Bulletin / 1859 St. Louis Daily Evening Bulletin /1859 St. Louis Daily New Era /1850 The St. Louis Dispatch /1877 St. Louis Evening Post /1878 St. Louis Globe-Democrat /1875 -1986 St. Louis Post And Dispatch / 1879 Sunday Leader /1856 *for a broader list of titles, use OCLC FirstSearch's UnionLists kw = missouri newspapers Index to St. Louis Newspapers St. Louis, MO. St. Louis Public Library. 1976. Beyond the Washington University Libraries Both the St. Louis Public Library & the Missouri Historical Society's Library & Research Center have information on St. Louis artists. Please consult these libraries for details on the following publications. Notable Women of St. Louis Edited and published by Mrs. Chas. P. Johnson. St. Louis: Woodward, 1914. The Potter's Wheel : an early twentieth centry support network of women artists and writers Beverly D. Bishop. 1984. Note: following the subject link in this record, Women Artists-Missouri-Saint Louis, leads to other related works. St. Louis Woman's Biography: A Master Index Scroll down the page to use the alphabetical index St. Louis Women Artists : a guide to the holdings in the Division of Library and Archives St. Louis, Mo. : Division of Library and Archives, Missouri Historical Society, 1982. Women Resources Page Contemporary St. Louis Women Artists St. Louis Women Artist Exhibition Catalog. Curator: Olivia Lahs Gonzales. Innsbrook Conference Center, Innsbrook, MO, 2000. St. Louis Women's Causus for Art Venus Envy

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