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Alice Stephens

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Alice Barber Stephens (1858 - 1932) was active/lived in Pennsylvania, New Jersey.  Alice Stephens is known for Portrait and landscape painting, illustration, engraving.

Alice Barber was born on a farm near Salem, New Jersey, where she attended local schools.  The family moved to Philadelphia, and by 1873 she was a full time student at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women (now Moore College of Art).  There she became proficient at engraving, an important skill in the days before photo-mechanical reproduction.  In 1876, she enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where she studied under Thomas Eakins.  Among her classmates was Emily Sartain.  Financial considerations finally forced Barber to turn to full-time engraving, but by 1885, the long hours and close work affected her health.  She turned to pen and ink drawing, and was soon supporting herself by illustration in that medium.

During a trip to Europe she took up painting in oils.  When she returned, she supported herself with pen and ink illustration and painted for relaxation.  In 1890 she married another fellow Aca   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 7667 characters.]  Artist bio

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.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Alice Stephens available:    Edward Penfield,  Coles Phillips,  John LaGatta,  Leslie Thrasher,  Elbert McGran Jackson,  Elizabeth Shippen Green,  Saul Tepper,  Wladyslaw Benda,  Norman Mills Price,  Frederick Sands Brunner,  Frank Leyendecker,  Constantin Alajalov,  George E Hughes,  Charles MacLellan,  Peter Driben,  Violet Oakley,  Franklin Booth,  Enoch Bolles,  Amos Sewell,  Mead Schaeffer,  Alan Stephens Foster,  Stevan Dohanos,  Howard Pyle,  Paul Stahr



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   Publications  Book References:  48
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48 Book References for Alice Stephens
Year Author Title Pages Color
2007 Katlan, Alexander W. (editor) The Black and White Exhibitions of the Salmagundi Sketch Club 1878 to 1887: A Guide to Etchings, Engravings, Drawings, Sculpture, Ceramics, Oils and Monotypes 272 No
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Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2001 Reed, Walt The Illustrator in America, 1860-2000 The Society of Illustrators 452 Yes
2001 Rice, Sue Sellars The Sellars Collection: Art by American Women
(Exhibition catalog)		 12 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1999 Naeve, Milo (bios) 150 Years of Philadelphia Painters and Paintings: Selections From 47 Yes
1998 Dunn, David (Introduction) Breaking Boundaries: An Art in Embassies Program American Women Artists in France, ca. 1880-1930
(Exhibition catalog)		 24 Yes
1996 O'Leary, Elizabeth L At Beck and Call: Domestic Servants In 19th Century Painting 305 Yes
1995 Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary 612 No
1994 Lubin, David M Picturing a Nation Art and Social Change in 19th Century America 364 Yes
1993 Carr, Carolyn K Revisiting the White City American Art at the 1893 World's Fair
(Exhibition catalog)		 408 Yes
1993 Thiede, Rolf; David Cassedy, Matthew North, Christine Schultz American and European Paintings Under $7,500. (Schwarz Gallery, Philadelphia)
(Exhibition catalog)		 72 No
1991 Gilbert Anne American Illustrator Art Official Price Guide 1991 Yes
1991 Sternberg, Paul E Art by American Women Collection Louise and Alan Sellars
(Exhibition catalog)		 146 Yes
1990 Chadwick, Whitney Women, Art, and Society 384 Yes
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)		 1117 No
1990 Fink, Lois Marie; Albert Boime, Forward; Elizabeth Broun, Preface American Art at the Nineteenth Century Paris Salons 430 Yes
1990 Robert Schwarz American and European Paintings (Schwarz Galleries, Philadelphia)
(Exhibition catalog)		 32 Yes
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II
(Exhibition catalog)		 612 No
1989 Fresella-Lee, Nancy The American Paintings (in the) Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art 222 Yes
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1987 Tufts, Eleanor (others) American Women Artists 1830-1930
(Exhibition catalog)		 256 Yes
1986 Baur, John I.H. The Figure in American Art 1764-1983 Three Simultaneous Exhibitions: Kennedy Galleries
(Exhibition catalog)		 72 Yes
1986 Larson, Judy L American Illustration 1890-1925 Romance, Adventure and Suspense 159 Yes
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1986 Stivers, Dave Cream of Wheat Advertising Art: The Nabisco Brands Collection 143 Yes
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1985 Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900 851 No
1984 Reed, Walt and Roger The Illustrator in America, 1880-1980: A Century of Illustration 355 Yes
1982 Johnson, Fridolf Treasury of American Pen-and-Ink Illustration 1881 to 1938 149 No
1982 Opitz, Glenn Dictionary of American Artists 372 No
1982 Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer American Women Artists from Early Times to the Present 560 Yes
1980 Boston Public Library The Artist and the Child Exhibition of Children's Books
(Exhibition catalog)		 96 No
1977 Hills, Patricia Turn-of-the-Century America Paintings, Graphics, Photographs 1890-1910
(Exhibition catalog)		 194 Yes
1976 Boyle, Richard (Prefac); Frank Goodyear, Jr.; Louise Lippincott, et all In This Academy: The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1805-1976
(Exhibition catalog)		 322 Yes
1976 Pierce, Patricia Jobe The Ten 201 Yes
1975 Editor, Smithsonian Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection 0 No
1974 Pennsylvania Academy The Pennsylvania Academy And Its Women
(Exhibition catalog)		 48 No
1973 Collins, Jim L. Women Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to Present 426 No
1973 Naylor, Maria Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set)
(Exhibition catalog)		 1075 No
1972 Earle, Helen L Biographical Sketches of American Artists 370 No
1966 Reed, Walt The Illustrator in America 1900-1960s 272 Yes
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
1932 Hartmann, Sadekichi A History of American Painting Revised Edition, Two Volumes in One 363 No
1931 Neuhaus, Eugen The History and Ideals of American Art 444 No
1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition (Editor) Official Catalogue of Exhibitors Department B, Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 281 No
Carter, Alice A Thomas Eakins (Essential Series) 0 Yes
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