Jeannette Scott

Not to be confused with Janette Scott.
Jeannette Scott
Born1864 (1864)
Kincardine, Canada West
Died1937 (aged 72–73)
Skaneateles, New York, U.S.
NationalityCanadian-American
Known forPainting, Educator

Jeannette Scott (1864–1937)[1] was a Canadian-born American painter. She became the head of the painting department at Syracuse University.

Biography

Scott was born in 1864 in Kincardine, Canada West.[2] Upon the death of her father, when she was twenty-one,[3] she moved to the United States where she studied at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, there her professors included Emily Sartain.[4] She also studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.[2]

From 1889 to 1894, Scott studied in Paris at the Académie Julian and the Académie Colarossi.[4][3] Her teachers in Paris included Joseph Blanc, Gustave-Claude-Etienne Courtois, and Alphonse Mucha.[4]

Scott exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[5] Scott also exhibited her art the Boston Art Club and the National Academy of Design in New York. Scott was a member of the American Federation of Arts.[2] She also worked with the Inter-American Commission of Women.[4]

In 1895, Scott became a professor of painting in the College of Fine Arts at Syracuse University. In 1902 she became head of the painting department, teaching there until 1927, when she retired.[4]

Scott died in 1937 in Skaneateles, New York.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Jeannette Scott". Clara database. National Museum of Women in the Arts. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d "Jeannette Scott". AskArt. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Jeannette Scott". Vose Galleries. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Jeannette Scott". Skaneateles. 21 September 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  5. ^ Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 24 September 2018.