Anna Coy (1851-1930)
The Old Housewife (Woman Peeling Apples), circa 1906
oil on canvas
Collection of Rockford Art Museum
28 x 23 inches
Anna Coy (1851-1930)
Autumn Landscape
oil on canvas
11.5 x 16 inches
Anna Coy (1851-1930)
Dutch Harbor Scene, circa 1890
oil on board
7 x 5 inches
Anna Coy (1851-1930)
landscape
oil
9.75 x 12 inches
Anna Coy (1851-1930)
Roses and Brass Bucket
oil
22 x 30 inches
Artist Details
Elizabeth
Anna
Coy
Annie Coy
Coy
n/a
n/a
December 24, 1851
Rockford, Illinois
July 12, 1930
Rockford, Illinois
127 N. Third St., Rockford, Illinois
Rockford, Illinois
1901-1903: Van Dyck Studios, New York
Painter-Oil, Pastelist, Watercolorist
1869: graduated East Rockford High School, Rockford, Illinois
Art Students’ League, New York, New York
1869-1875: New York School of Art, New York, New York, student of William M. Chase and Robert Henri
Student of Frank Vincent Du Mond, Alexander Robinson
Holland
Paris, France
1898: 3rd Annual Exhibition of the Rockford Sketch Club, Rockford, Illinois
Louvre Galleries, Paris, France
American Artists Professional League, New York, New York
October 19-November 26, 1905: Eighteenth Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings & Sculpture by American Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Still-life-Ducks, oil
October 16-November 29, 1906: Nineteenth Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings & Sculpture by American Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; The Old Housewife (Woman Peeling Apples), oil on canvas
May 7-June 7, 1914: Twenty-Sixth Annual Exhibition of Water Colors, Pastels and Miniatures by American Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Interior, Volendam, watercolor; Portrait, pastel
Rockford Art Association, Rockford, Illinois
Rockford Art Association, Rockford, Illinois
Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois
Rockford Women's Club, Rockford, Illinois
Langa, Helen et al. American Women Modernists: The Legacy of Robert Henri, 1910-1945. Rutgers University Press, 2005.
American Artists Professional League
Mendelssohn Club
Rockford Art Association
Rockford Arts and Crafts Society; president, 1915/1916
Rockford Woman’s Club [life member]
1901-1905: head of Art Department, Rockford College
1913: founding member and gallery director, Rockford Art Guild
educator
Parents: William (Harlaxton, England April 28, 1813-December 15, 1885 Guilford, Illinois) and Isabella Rollins Ziebach Coy (Buffalo, Pennsylvania February 20, 1822-July 27, 1908 Guilford, Illinois) ; married April 12, 1847 in Winnebago County, Illinois.
Siblings: Emma Coy (principal of Hall School); William Coy of Guilford; Dr. Robert Edwin Coy (1848-1905) of Guildford, Illinois