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Jennie Augusta Brownscombe (December 10, 1850 – August 5, 1936) was an American painter, designer, etcher, commercial artist and illustrator. Brownscombe studied art for years in the United States and in Paris. She was a founding member, student and teacher at the Art Students League of New York. She made genre paintings, including revolutionary and colonial American history, most notably ''The First Thanksgiving'' held at Pilgrim Hall in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Having sold the reproduction rights to more than 100 paintings, images of her work have appeared on prints, calendars and greeting cards. Her works are in many public collections and museums. In 1899 she was described by ''New York World'' as "one of America's best artists." ==Personal life== Brownscombe was born December 10, 1850〔("Brownscombe, Jennie Augusta (1850–1936)." ) Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages. Gale. January 1, 2007. February 10, 2014. Accessed via HighBeam Research, a subscription required service.〕 in a one and a half story farmhouse near Irving Cliff in Honesdale, Pennsylvania,〔 the only child of a farmer from Devonshire, England,〔 William Brownscombe, and American Elvira Kennedy Brownscombe.〔〔 Her father is believed to have immigrated to the United States about 1840〔Kent Ahrens. ("Jennie Brownscombe: American History Painter." ) ''Woman's Art Journal'' Vol. 1, No. 2 (Autumn, 1980 – Winter, 1981), pp. 25–29. Accessed via JSTOR, a subscription required service.〕 and built the home she was born and raised in.〔 Her mother, Elvira Kennedy Brownscombe, was a descendent of a Mayflower passenger〔〔 and Isaac Stearns who arrived in the colonies in 1630.〔 During her life, Jennie Brownscombe was an active member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Mayflower Descendants〔 and the Historic and Scenic Preservation Society.〔 Her mother, a talented writer and artist, fostered Brownscombe's interest in poetry and art.〔 She won awards at the Wayne County Fair for her work when she was a high school student.〔(''Jennie Brownscombe: Wayne County's Own'' ). Wayne County Historical Society. Retrieved February 10, 2014.〕 After her father's death in 1868, Brownscombe earned a living teaching〔〔 high school in Honesdale〔''(Pennsylvania Biographical Dictionary )''. Third ed. St. Clair Shores, Michigan: Somerset Publishers; ISBN 978-0-403-09950-4. p. 159–160.〕 and creating book and magazine illustrations,〔(Jennie Augusta Brownscombe. ) National Museum of Women in the Arts. Retrieved February 9, 2014.〕〔(Jennie Augusta Brownscombe. ) CLARA Database of Women Artists. National Museum of Women in the Arts. Retrieved February 9, 2014.〕 which were inspired by the streams and fields around her home and nearby Irving Cliff.〔 She was described as "slender, with a thin face in which large brown eyes and a dimpled chin were distinctive, and reserved in manner. She lived simply with one companion or servant.〔 Brownscombe studied art in New York〔 and then in Paris in 1882. She returned to the United States and an eye injury prevented her from painting until 1884 when she worked in a New York City studio.〔Carol Kort; Liz Sonneborn. ''(A to Z of American Women in the Visual Arts )''. Infobase Publishing; 1 January 2002. ISBN 978-1-4381-0791-2. pp. 35–36.〕 She often visited her mother in Honesdale, until her death in 1891.〔 Between 1885 and 1896 Brownscombe spent the winters in Rome Italy,〔〔 where she met artist George Henry Hall with who was her companion and mentor. In the summers they shared a studio in Palenville in the New York Catskill Mountains from about 1908 until Hall died in 1913. Hall "deeply influenced Brownscombe's sense of style, color and craftsmanship."〔〔Carol Kort; Liz Sonneborn. ''(A to Z of American Women in the Visual Arts )''. Infobase Publishing; 1 January 2002. ISBN 978-1-4381-0791-2. p. 36.〕 When he died, Hall left his home and property in the Catskills to Brownscombe,〔Brooklyn Museum. ''(The Brooklyn Museum Quarterly )''. The Museum; 1922. p. 159.〕 including the painting "Danaë and the Golden Shower" by John Smibert. Its location was unknown as of 1969.〔Henry Wilder Foote, (''John Smibert, Painter: With a Descriptive Catalogue of Portraits and Notes on the Work of Nathaniel Smibert.'' ) New York: Kennedy Galleries, 1969. p. 230. Accessed via Questia Online Library, a subscription required service.〕 After Hall's death, Brownscombe spent the winters in Bayside and New York City and the summer in the Catskills.〔 She donated a wide range of works of art to the Brooklyn Museum of Art. By 1912 she had donated a self-portrait made by George Henry Hall, a watercolor painting made by Hall of a Pompeiian fresco, 18th-century brocades, and a sketchbook of Sanford Robinson Gifford.〔Brooklyn Museum. ''(Report )''. 1912. p. 246.〕 By 1917 she had donated other textiles, a silver filigree broach, and a 17th-century Flemish tapestry that depicted the marriage of Alexander the Great and Roxana.〔Brooklyn Museum. ''(Report Upon the Condition and Progress of the Museums for the Year Ending ... )''. Brooklyn Museum; 1917. pp. 43, 44, 46, 48, 49, 92.〕 She also donated a George Henry Hall sketchbook, a 15th-century textile, and a pair of Etruscan earrings.〔(Search: Jennie Brownscombe. ) Collections. Brooklyn Museum. Retrieved February 11, 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jennie Augusta Brownscombe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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