Anna Matthews

Artist Details

• First Name Anna
• Middle Name Loo
• Maiden Name Matthews
• Alternate Name(s) A Loo Matthews
• Surname Matthews
• Spouse’s Full Name Sidney Nelson Bedore
• Birth Date 1882
• Birth Place Chicago, Illinoiws
• Death Date 1962
• Active In before 1940: Chicago, Illinois
  
  after 1940: Green Bay, Wisconsin
• Categories Painter-Oil, Sculptor
• Training 1895-1899: School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; student of Lorado Taft and student of John Vanderpoel
  Chicago Art Academy, Chicago, Illinois
  École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
  Student of Simon, Collin, Rene Menard, Max Bohm, Garrido, in Paris, France
  Brangwyn, London, England
  
• Exhibitions History January 26-February 21, 1897: Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Henry, plaster; Bacchanale, plaster; The Spirit of the Woods, plaster; The Hirshman Children of New York, plaster
  
  1905-1909: Salon de la Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
  
  1905-1918: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  
  1910: Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings & Sculpture by American Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  
  1910: Paintings by Miss A Loo Matthews, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois [solo]
  
  1921-1932: Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago and Vicinity Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  
  1933: Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago and Vicinity Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Our Daily Bread (Daily Bread), circa 1932, oil on canvas
  
  1934-1944: Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago and Vicinity Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  
  Annual Exhibition of the Society of Western Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  
  St Paul Art Institute, Saint Paul, Minnesota
  
  1996-1997: Visions of a Nation: Exploring Identity Through American Art, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois
• Collections Juvenile Court, City of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  
  Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, Wisconsin
  
  Harvey Junior College, Harvey, Illinois
  
  St Paul Art Institute, Saint Paul, Minnesota
  
  Union League of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
• Publications Loy and Honig. One Hundred Years.
• Memberships Association of Chicago Painters & Sculptors, Chicago, Illinois
• Awards 1913: Honorable Mention, Minnesota State Art Committee, Minnesota
  
  1914: 2nd Sculpture Prize, Minnesota State Art Committee, Minnesota
  
  1921: Rosenwald Prize, Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago and Vicinity Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  
  1929: Frank Prize, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  
  1932: Municipal Art League Prize, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
• Other Occupation(s) Assistant to Lorado Taft
  
  Art Teacher in St. Paul, Minnesota; Indianapolis, Indiana; and, Green Bay, Wisconsin