Christine Chaplin Brush (May 1842 – February 3, 1892) was an American flower painter and author.
Christine Chaplin Brush | |
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| Born | May 1842  Bangor |
| Died | February 3, 1892 (aged 49–50) New Utrecht |
| Occupation | Writer |
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Chaplin was born in May 1842 in Bangor, Maine.[1] She was the daughter of two authors, Jane Dunbar Chaplin and the Jeremiah Chaplin.[2]
Chaplin painted primarily watercolors of wildflowers. She studied with Charles Chaplin and Henri Harpignies in Paris. Her works Petunias and Nasturtiums were reproduced as chromolithographs by Louis Prang.[1] She taught drawing at the State Normal School in Framingham, Massachusetts.[2]
Her novel The Colonel's Opera Cloak (1879) was initially published anonymously as part of the No Name Series from the publishers Roberts Brothers. She also wrote short stories and poems for a number of magazines.[2]
In 1878 she married Alfred H. Brush. He became the pastor of the New Utrecht Reformed Church, and her book Inside Our Gate (1889) is about their life in New Utrecht, New York.[3]
Chaplin died on February 3, 1892, in New Utrecht.[2]
Bibliography
edit- The Colonel's Opera Cloak (1879)
- Inside Our Gate (1889)
References
edit- ^ a b Waters, Clara Erskine Clement (1883). Artists of the nineteenth century and their works. A handbook containing two thousand and fifty biographical sketches. Cornell University Library. Boston, Houghton, Mifflin.
- ^ a b c d "The Providence News 05 Feb 1892, page 1". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
- ^ "Boston Evening Transcript 04 Feb 1892, page 5". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2023-06-29.