Elizabeth Kitchenman Coyne

Elizabeth Kitchenman Coyne (June 21, 1892 – April 11, 1971) was a Pennsylvania impressionist painter, best known for her landscapes and paintings of horses.[1] Her works are included in the permanent collections of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,[2][3] the Woodmere Art Museum[4] and the Philadelphia Art Alliance.[5]

Education

Elizabeth Kitchenman Coyne was born on June 21, 1892, to George S. Coyne, a Philadelphia chemical manufacturer, and Mary A. (Kitchenman) Coyne, a daughter of textile manufacturer James Kitchenman.[1]

Coyne graduated from Friends Central School in 1910.[1] She then studied at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women (now Moore College of Art and Design) with Leopold Seyffert and later at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art with Cecilia Beaux, Edwin Blashfield, Hugh H. Breckenridge and Philip Leslie Hale.[6] Coyne received a Cresson Traveling Scholarship from PAFA in 1918.[7]

Career

Coyne was a fellow of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA). She exhibited with the Society of Independent Artists in 1934. She was an active exhibitor at PAFA, The Plastic Club, the Corcoran Gallery,[6] and the Pyramid Club[8] among others. As well as showing works in oils, she exhibited in the Philadelphia Water Color Exhibition.[9]

She received a number of awards and medals. At the Plastic Club in 1931, she received First Prize for Water Color for one of a trio of paintings of Niagara Falls.[10][6] Other awards include the Alumnae Award Medal from the Women's School of Design, Philadelphia in 1931; the Alumnae Purchase Award from Moore College of Art and Design in 1934;[1][6] the Gold Medal of the Plastic Club in 1938;[11][6] and the Gold Medal of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1939.[1]

The Annual Oil Show at the Plastic Club ... Elizabeth Coyne’s “Flowers and Mirror,” which was awarded the Gold Medal, is a study in reflections—those of the vase in the mirror and of the brilliant flowers in the surface of the black vase.[11]

The Elizabeth Coyne Memorial Prize is given in her memory by the Woodmere Art Museum.[12]

References
  1. "Elizabeth Kitchenman Coyne (1892 - 1971)". AskArt. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  2. "Philadelphia". American Art News. 20 (21): 9. 1922-03-04.
  3. The American Federation of Arts (May 1922). "The Fellowship of the P.A.F.A." Magazine of Art. 13 (5): 168. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  4. "Elizabeth Kitchenman Coyne, Martin's Hackeys". Woodmere Art Museum. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  5. "HARRISBURG: An exhibit of 52 paintings by Pennsylvania artists is attracting hundreds of art conscious visitors..." The Gazette and Daily from York, Pennsylvania. August 4, 1937. p. 14. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  6. Falk, Peter Hastings (1999). Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975: 400 years of artists in America. Vol. 1. Madison, CT: Sound View Press. p. 758.
  7. "Honor Roll 1917-1918". School Circular, Schools of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. 113: 83. 1919. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  8. "Pyramid Club's forgotten women artists". Auction Finds. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  9. Philadelphia Water Color Club (1917). "Catalogue of the Fifteenth Annual Philadelphia Water Color Exhibition, and the sixteenth Annual Exhibition of Miniatures". 15: 47. Retrieved 17 March 2018. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. "THE Plastic Club's showing of water colors..." The Philadelphia Inquirer. December 13, 1931. p. 71. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  11. "The Annual Oil Show at the Plastic Club ..." Philadelphia Art News. 1 (10). March 14, 1938. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  12. "Woodmere Art Museum 71st Annual Juried Exhibition Prizes". Woodmere Art Museum. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
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