Amy Kirkpatrick

First Name Amy
Maiden Name Kirkpatrick
Alternate Name(s) Birdie Kirkpatrick
Surname Kirkpatrick
Spouse’s Full Name n/a
Names and Birth Years of Children n/a
Birth Date March 13, 1862
Birth Place Anna, Illinois
Death Date April 29, 1935
Death Place Union County, Illinois
Residence(s) Anna, Illinois

Chicago, Illinois
Active In Anna, Illinois

Chicago, Illinois
Categories Draftsman, Painter-Oil, Watercolorist
Training 1882-1883: Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, Chicago, Illinois
Subject(s) of Art Array
Exhibitions History 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
Awards 1884 or 1885: Honorable Mention, World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana
Other Occupation(s) 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
Biography 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.