Artist Details
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Eva
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Webster
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Mrs. Frances Lord Russell
Eva Webster
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Russell
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Frances Lord Russell
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September 9, 1856
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Chicago, Illinois
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Chicago, Illinois
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Painter-Oil, Watercolorist
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Academy of Design, Chicago, Illinois on scholarship for painting and drawing
Student of John Vanderpoel
Student of Martha Baker
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Array
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1883: Annual Exhibition, Bohemian Art Club, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1891: Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings & Sculpture by American Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1891, 1895: Annual Exhibition, Palette Club, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
National Academy of Design, NYC
1893: World's Columbian Exposition, Woman's Department, Chicago, Illinois
1896:
1897: city-wide event
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Armstrong-Ingram, R. Jackson. “Eva W. Russell,” Written in Light: ‘Abdu’l-Baha and the American Baha’i Community, 1898-1921. Kalimat Press, 1998.
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Palette Club, Chicago, Illinois; 1892-1893, secretary
Bohemian Club, Chicago, Illinois
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1874: co-assistant principal, Wells School of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1875: Division and Cleaver Street School, Chicago, Illinois
1876: Carroll Avenue School, Chicago, Illinois
1881; Cleaver Street School, Chicago, Illinois
1885: performed in plays in Janesville, Wisconsin and in Chicago, Illinois
1905: William McKinley High School, Chicago, Illinois
Art Teacher
Student of John Vanderpoel and Martha Susan Baker, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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Parents: John and Octavia Greene Webster; father originally from New Hampshire and mother originally from Rhode Island; father a doctor
Siblings: four older ones, including Mary (circa 1840-?) and Arthur (circa 1849-?)