Pauline Palmer (1867-1938)
Woman in a Garden, 1910s
oil on canvas
Collection of M. Christine Schwartz
Pauline Palmer (1867-1938)
The Morning Sun, 1920
oil on canvas
Collection of Rockford Art Museum
Pauline Palmer (1867-1938)
The Rose Coat, circa 1922
oil on canvas
Collection of M. Christine Schwartz
Pauline Palmer (1867-1938)
Woman Sewing, 1920s
oil on canvas
M. Christine Schwartz Collection
Artist Details
Pauline
Lennards
Mrs. Albert E. Palmer
Palmer
Albert E. Palmer (?-1920); physician; wealthy
married May 21, 1891; after marriage, she started painting full-time
n/a
n/a
1867
McHenry, Illinois
August 15, 1938
Trondheim, Norway
grew up in McHenry, Illinois and Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1901: The Lessing, Chicago, Illinois
1908: 721 Lincoln Ave, Chicago, Illinois
1912: 2658 Seminary Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
1917-?: Tree Studio, Chicago, Illinois
1921: 4 E. Ohio Street, Chicago, Illinois
after 1920: Provincetown, Massachusetts
Chicago, Illinois
1915-?: summers in Provincetown, Massachusetts
probably after 1904: Tree Studios, Chicago, Illinois; described as “a Parisian model” and “the quaintest studio in the city” and “combination den and work room”
Painter-Oil
McHenry High School, McHenry, Illinois
private teacher in McHenry, Illinois
1880-?: convent school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Student of William M. Chase
1900-1903 (or 1899-1902): Académie Colarossi, Paris, France student of Gustav Courtois and Académie de la Grande Chaumière, student of Lucien Simon
1900-1902: École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France, Student of René Prinet
student of Collin, Richard E. Miller
Provincetown, Massachusetts;
Student of Charles Hawthorne
California
Austria
France
Germanty
Italy
Scandinavian countries
summers in Europe
summer 1903: Spain
1910-1920: winters in Charleston, South Carolina
1915-?: summers at seashore in Provincetown, Cape Cod
summer 1938: England and Scandinavia (with sister Marie)
Array
1896-1938 (except 1934) at least one exhibit each year AIC
1899, 1908, 1912-1932: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1899-1937: Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (27 times)
1900-1913: Annual Exhibition of Water Colors, Pastels and Miniatures by American Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (5 times)
1901: Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York
June 23-24, 1902: auction at Barker & Williams Auction Rooms, Chicago, Illinois
1903-1906, 1911: Paris Salon, Paris, France
1904: Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Missouri
January 1908: Special Exhibition of Water Colors by the Chicago Water Color Club, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
January 20-February 29, 1908: 103rd Annual Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The White Shawl, oil
November 15-December 13, 1909: Paintings by Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts and the Chicago Water Color Club, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
1911: Expositione de Belle Arti, Naples, Italy
1911: Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Meditation; The Old Tree, Giverny, France; Devotion; The Old Mill, Giverny, France; The Old Curiosity Shop, Venice; The Toilet; In the Garden
1912: First Annual Exhibition, Art Association of Charleston, Illinois
1912: Annual Exhibition of Water Colors, Pastels and Miniatures by American Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; San Giorgio, Venice, Italy; Ponte Pietra, Verona, Italy; A Bit of Venice; In the Austrian Tyrol; A Daughter of the Tyrol; Sunset, Venice; Repose; all tempera
March 24-April 8, 1913: Paintings by Pauline Palmer, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; 68 Impressionist portraits, genre scenes and landscapes
March 14-?,1914: The Thirtieth Semi-Annual Exhibition of Paintings by American Artists, Decatur Public Library; An English Rose
1915: Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco, California
1918, 1921: Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Illinois Artists, Peoria Society of Allied Arts, Peoria, Illinois
April-May 1921: Seventh Annual Exhibition of Paintings by American Artists, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
National Association of Women Artists, New York, New York
1927: Austin, Oak Park and River Forest Art League, Oak Park, Illinois
1927: American Art Annual, The Art institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Against the Light
1927: Paintings by Pauline Palmer, Carson Pirie Scott Galleries, Chicago, Illinois [solo]; Against the Light
1928: Woman's World's Fair, Chicago, Illinois
1928: The Second Exhibition of the Illinois Women Painters, Illinois Women’s Athletic Club, Chicago, Illinois; Against the Light
1933, 1934: A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings & Sculpture, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1937: Arts Club, Chicago, Illinois
1939: Memorial Exhibit of Paintings by Pauline Palmer, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Against the Light
1939: Union League Club, Chicago, Illinois
1950: Pauline Palmer memorial exhibition, Chicago Galleries Association, Chicago, Illinois; Against the Light
1971-1972: Painters and Sculptors in Illinois: 1820-1945, Illinois Arts Council [traveling]; Against the Light
1976: Illinois Landscape Art 1830-1975, Lakeview Museum, Peoria, Illinois
1977: Currents of Expansion: Painting in the Midwest, Saint Louis Art Museum; Against the Light
1980-1981: American Art in the Union League Club of Chicago. A Centennial Exhibition, Union League Club of Chicago [traveling]; Against the Light
1984: Pauline Palmer: American Impressionist, Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, Illinois
1999: Capturing Sunlight: The Art of Tree Studios, Chicago Cultural Center; Against the Light
2015: Impressionism Into Modernism, Peoria Riverfront Museum, Peoria, Illinois: In the Garden, oil on canvas
Arche Club, Chicago, Illinois
Art Association, Muncie, Indiana
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana
Bridges Collection, Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Woman’s Club, Chicago, Illinois
Delgado Museum of Art
Peoria Riverfront Museum, Peoria, Illinois
Provincetown Art Association, Provincetown, Illinois
Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois
San Diego Gallery of Fine Art, San Diego, California
M. Christine Schwartz Collection, Northbrook, Illinois
Springfield Art Association, Springfield, Illinois
Union League Club, Chicago, Illinois
West End Women's Club, Chicago, Illinois
Municipal Art League of Chicago, Illinois
Vanderpoel Art Museum, Chicago, Illinois
Bulliet, C.J. Artists of Chicago: Past and Present. 1936.
Martin. Art in the Union League Club of Chicago.
Schulze, Paul. "Chicago's 'Painter Lady'," Bulletin of the Union League Club, September 1, 1939.
Soady, Fred W. "A Brief History of the Artist," Pauline Palmer: American Impressionist, 1984.
Sokol, David M. "Pauline Palmer," Women Building Chicago 1790-1990: A Biographical Dictionary. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2001.
"Woman Heads Artists Society in Chicago," Fort Dearborn Magazine, 1920.
Art Institute of Chicago Alumni Association; president
Arts Club of Chicago; director
Chicago Society of Artists, Chicago, Illinois; 1918-1920: President (first woman president)
Chicago Municipal Art League, Chicago, Illinois
National Association of Women Artists, New York, New York
North Shore Art League, Winnetka, Illinois
Chicago Water Color Club, Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Woman's Salon, Chicago, Illinois; charter member
Chicago Galleries Association, Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Painters & Sculptors, Chicago, Illinois
Grand Central Gallery, New York, New York
Provincetown Art Association, Provincetown, Massachusetts
Society of Western Artists, Chicago, Illinois
Nike Club
Kilo Club, Chicago, Illinois
Drama League of Chicago, Illinois
MacDowell Society, Chicago chapter, Chicago, Illinois
1904: Bronze Medal, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Missouri
1907: Marshall Field Prize, Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1907: Young Fortnightly Prize, Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1907: ?, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1914: Thompson Prize, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1915: First Prize, Society of Western Artists,
1915: Prize, Chicago Arts Club,
1916: Honorable Mention, Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings & Sculpture by American Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1916, 1926: Rosenwald Purchase Fund Prize, Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1917: Carr Prize, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1918: Clyde Carr Prize, "Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists," Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1920: Silver Medal, Chicago Society of Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1920: Butler Prize, "Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists," Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1924: Fine Arts Building Prize, Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
taught in Chicago Public Schools while a student at Art Institute of Chicago
Pauline Palmer, Inc. (demonstrated or taught "scientific" exercises for the face)