Ida Stout

Artist Details

• First Name Ida
• Middle Name McClelland
• Maiden Name Stout
• Alternate Name(s) Fanny Stout
• Surname Stout
• Spouse’s Full Name n/a
• Previous Spouse(s) n/a
• Names and Birth Years of Children n/a
• Birth Date January 20, 1881
• Birth Place Decatur, Illinois
• Death Date August or September 1927
• Death Place Rome, Italy
• Ethnicity Scottish and English
• Residence(s) 1912-1913: Berlin, Germany
  
  1919: 5344 Kenmore Ave., Chicago, Illinois
  
  1920 census: living with sister Lillian, a teacher
  
  1926-1927: Munich, Germany
• Active In Berlin, Germany
  
  Chicago, Illinois
  
  Munich, Germany
• Categories Sculptor
• Training 1912-1913: studied bookbinding in Berlin, Germany
  1913-?: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Student of Albin Polasek
  1921: MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire
  
• Relevant Travel 1912-1913: Berlin, Germany [with sister who was studying music]
  
  1921: Europe
  
  1927: Rome, Italy on scholarship from the Art Institute of Chicago
• Subject(s) of Art Array
• Exhibitions History 1897: Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  
  1907: Chicago Society of Artists Exhibit, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  
  February 13-March 30, 1919: Twenty-Third Annual Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Mother and Child, terra cotta
  
  May 2-30, 1921: American Sculpture for the Town and Country House…, : American Sculpture for the Town and Country House…, The Milch Galleries, New York, New York; Chinese Princess
  
  1923, 1926: Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago and Vicinity Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  
  January 1929: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  
  Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  
  December 1930: Decatur, Illinois
• Collections Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  
  Mary French Academy, Decatur, Illinois
  
  Chicago Daily News Sanitarium For Children, Simmons Island, Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois
  
  Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, Illinois
  
  Chicago Park District, Chicago, Illinois
  
  Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, Illinois
• Publications Blair, Karen J. The Torchbearers: Women and Their Amateur Arts Associations, 1890-1930. Indiana University Press, 1994.
• Memberships Marion MacDowell art colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire
  
  Chicago Galleries Association, Chicago, Illinois
  
  Chicago Society of Artists, Chicago, Illinois
• Awards 1919 and 1920: John Quincy Adams scholarship, Art Institute of Chicago, to study in Europe [trip delayed until 1921]
  
  1922: Mrs. Edward L. Ryerson prize for sundial
  
  1923: Chicago Woman's Aid award, "Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago and Vicinity Artists," Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  
  1926: John C. Shaffer Prize, "Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists," Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  
  Daniel Chest French prize for an original composition, The Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, Illinois
  
  Chicago Daily News prize, for fountain placed on island in Lincoln ark
  
  prize for a fountain
• Biography Parents:   Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Laird Stout; 143 Woodlawn Ave., Decatur, Illinois; he was a tinsmith, possibly from Mt. Vernon, Ohio; died November 4, 1933 in Decatur
  
  Siblings:  Lillian Stout, Decatur, Illinois
  
  Fred, St. Louis, Missouri
  
  Joe, California