Amy Kirkpatrick (1862-1935)
Portrait of Cornwall Kirkpatrick, undated
conte crayon over photograph
Collection of the Illinois State Museum
Artist Details
Amy
Kirkpatrick
Birdie Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
n/a
n/a
March 13, 1862
Anna, Illinois
April 29, 1935
Union County, Illinois
Anna, Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
Anna, Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
Draftsman, Painter-Oil, Watercolorist
1882-1883: Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, Chicago, Illinois
Array
1885: New Orleans World’s Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana
1886: Ohio State Fair, Union County, Ohio
2009: Skirting Convention: Illinois Women Artists, 1840-1940, Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, Illinois: Portrait of Cornwall Kirkpatrick, undated, conte crayon over photograph
Vincennes Gallery of Fine Arts, Chicago, Illinois
1884 or 1885: Honorable Mention, World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana
1886-1888: First assistant teacher, under Edmund H. Osthaus, Toledo Academy of Fine Arts, Toledo, Ohio
1889-1908: offered drawing and painting classes in downtown Anna, Illinois studio
1889-?: Teacher, Union Academy, Anna, Illinois
The drawing lessons in Anna, Illinois studio cost 12 1/2 cents; painting lessons were 50 cents.
Kirkpatrick's father and uncle were potters. She assisted with decorating the Kirkpatrick Pottery utilitarian wares.