Caroline Helena Armington (1875–1939) was a Canadian born artist.
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| Born | September 11, 1875 Brampton, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | October 25, 1939 (aged 64) New York, New York |
| Education | Académie Julian |
| Known for | Painting, Printmaking |
| Spouse | Frank Armington |
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Armington worked in a number of mediums including a large body of etchings (551). Her main practice consisted of painting and printmaking. In addition to being an artist, she also trained at Guelph General Hospital as a nurse.[1]
Biography
editCaroline Helena Wilkinson was born on September 11, 1875, in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.[2] From 1892 to 1899 she took art studies under J. W. L. Forster.[3] She traveled to New York in 1899, where she worked as a nurse.[3] The following year she sailed to Europe and married Frank Armington.[4] She moved back to Canada during 1900–01.[5]
From 1905 to 1910, the couple returned to study in Paris at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière and Académie Julian.[6] In 1908, Caroline's painting Paysanne Hollandaise was accepted at the Salon des Artistes Francais' annual exhibition, held at the Grand Palais, Paris.[7] They assisted the American Ambulance Hospital in Paris from 1914 to 1918, with Caroline working as a nurse and Frank as an orderly.[8] Armington's etching of Bayeux Cathedral was the May 1924 cover of Brooklyn Life magazine.[9] According to the magazine article, collections of her etchings were in the following museums at the time: Luxembourg and Petit Palais, Paris; British Museum and South Kensington Museum, London; Bibliographic de Belgique, Brussels; Liege; New York Public Library; and National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada.[9]
Armington left Paris in 1939 and moved to New York.[10] She died there on October 25, 1939.[11]
Collections
edit- The Metropolitan Museum of Art[12]
- The Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives[13]
- The National Gallery of Art, Washington DC[14]
- The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston[15]
References
edit- ^ "Canadian Women Artists: Artist Database, Armington, Caroline". Canadian Women Artists History Initiative. CWAHI. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ Downs 1941, p. 391.
- ^ a b Braide & Parke-Taylor 1990, p. 17.
- ^ Braide & Parke-Taylor 1990, p. 18.
- ^ Baker 2016.
- ^ Braide & Parke-Taylor 1990, p. 19.
- ^ Catalogue illustré du Salon. Paris: Société des Artistes Français. 1908. ISBN 9780969427407. OCLC 45681488.
- ^ Braide & Parke-Taylor 1990, p. 41.
- ^ a b "Concerning This Weeks Cover Cut". Brooklyn Life. 24 May 1924. p. 20 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Braide & Parke-Taylor 1990, p. 74.
- ^ Downs 1941, p. 392.
- ^ "Results for "Caroline Helena Armington"". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
- ^ "Results for "Caroline Helena Armington"". The Peel Art Museum, Gallery and Archives.
- ^ Armington, Caroline Helena (1924), The Seine, Paris, retrieved 2024-03-20
- ^ "Caroline Helena Armington". The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Sources and further reading
edit- Braide, Janet; Parke-Taylor, Nancy (1990). Caroline and Frank Armington, Canadian Painter-Etchers in Paris. Peel, Ontario: Art Gallery of Peel. ISBN 9780969427407. OCLC 463744760. Retrieved 5 October 2020 – via Internet Archive. A listing of 257 etchings (out of 551 printed by the artist) drawn from the Peel Art Gallery Museum + Archives collection. The standard monograph and catalogue, with thorough descriptions of hundreds of prints. Note - this is not a complete catalogue as it only lists the prints in the collection of the Peel Art Gallery at the time of publication.
- Baker, Marilyn (2016) [2003]. "WILKINSON, CAROLINE HELENA (Armington)". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. 16. Toronto: University of Toronto/Université Laval. ISBN 9780802090874. OCLC 946253156. Archived from the original on 18 March 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- Downs, Winfield Scott, ed. (1941). "Armington, Caroline Helena, Artist, Engraver". Encyclopedia of American Biography: New Series. Vol. 12. New York: American Historical Society. pp. 391–392. OCLC 649569887 – via HathiTrust.
- Simpson, Stuart (2006). Frank and Caroline Armington: Through Canadian Eyes: A View of the World c.1911-1931. Lunenburg: North Shore Canadian Art. OCLC 84695328. OCLC 225608233
- Brockman, A. McKenzie (1985). Caroline and Frank Armington. Montreal Print Collectors Society. OCLC 70313843. OCLC 61655577 OCLC 32541696
External links
edit- www.artistarchive.com A catalogue of over 550 prints, many with images.
- pamascollection The Caroline and Frank Armington Collection at Peel Art Gallery Museum + Archives
- Caroline Armington etchings A compilation of 635 titles of Caroline Armington etchings (from Caroline Armington etching record books and other sources)
- Public Collections(Museums, galleries, libraries and public collections which have one or more Caroline Armington’s prints in their collection)
- Signatures (A compilation of Caroline Armington’ signatures and initials found on her prints)