Hallie Champlin Fenton

Artist Details

• First Name Hallie
• Middle Name Elizabeth
• Maiden Name Champlin
• Alternate Name(s) Hallie Champlin Hyde Hallie Champlin Hyde Fenton Hallie Fenton
• Surname Champlin Fenton
• Spouse’s Full Name married October 28, 1912: Warden H. Fenton (at her parent’s home on Woodlawn Ave., Chicago) from Massachusetts; architect; received The Cresson Traveling Scholarship, also known as the William Emlen Cresson Memorial Traveling Scholarship, is a two-year scholarship for foreign travel and/or study awarded annually to art students at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 1906-1907; in Paris?
• Previous Spouse(s) Edward Breckenridge Hyde (Cambridge, Massachusetts January 22, 1874-July 2, 1906 Chicago, Illinois); married 1904  
• Names and Birth Years of Children n/a
• Birth Date October 1, 1872
• Birth Place St. Louis, Missouri
• Death Date December 19, 1935
• Death Place New York, New York
• Residence(s) 918 Vernon Ave., Glencoe, Illinois
  
  4711 Woodlawn Ave., Chicago, Illinois (parents’ home)
  
  1905: 5824 Rosalie St., Chicago, Illinois [as Mrs. Hyde]
  
  1915: 37 W. 38^th St., New York, New York
  
  5 Ridge Rd., Bronxville, New York
  
  1922-1932: Sycamore Park, Bronxville, New York
  
  California
• Active In Chicago, Illinois
  
  New York, New York
• Categories Miniaturist, Painter-Oil
• Training Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  1918-1919: Corcoran School of Art, Washington, D.C.
  
• Relevant Travel 1910: Paris
  
  1918 in Paris
• Subject(s) of Art Array
• Exhibitions History February 1-27, 1898: Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Roses; Chicago River from Rush Street; Grapes
  
  1898: Trans-Mississippi & International Exposition, Omaha, Nebraska
  
  November 15-December 18, 1898: Eleventh Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Sculpture by American Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Garden Roses
  
  December 21, 1898-January 15, 1899: Fifth Annual Exhibition of The Art Students’ League of Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Peonies; Pink Roses; Sketch; Roses; Pine Apple; Sketch; A Study
  
  November 6-December 17, 1899: Twelfth Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Sculpture by American Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Our Favorite Haunt
  
  March 2-22, 1905: 11^th Annual Exhibition of the Art Students’ League, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Yellow Roses; Fruit and Nuts
  
  October 16-November 29, 1906: Nineteenth Annual Exhibition of American Oil Paintings, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Portrait
  
  1915: Thirteenth Annual Philadelphia Water Color Exhibition and the Fourteenth Annual Exhibition of Miniatures, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; A Woman; A Man-miniatures
  
  January 29-March 3, 1920: Twenty-Fourth Annual Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity, The Art institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois: The Shining Teapot
  
  March 25-April 23, 1922: Annual Exhibition National Academy of Design, New York, New York: The Green Pitcher
  
  August 25-30, 1930: Exhibitions of Fine Arts and Crafts, Ohio State Fair, Still Life
  
  February 1-June 3, 2007: Personal Preferences: Paintings from the Jim Craig and Randy Johnson Collection, Mint Museum Randolph, Charlotte, North Carolina: The Floral Gift, oil on canvas
  
  National Academy of Design, New York, New York
  
  National Association of Women Artists, Painters, Sculptors
  
  Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
• Memberships Art Students’ League, Chicago, Illinois
  
  National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors
  
  National Academy of Design, New York, New York
  
  1901-?: Professional Association of Women Artists
• Awards 1907: second premium, figure in oil; first premium, marine view in oil; first premium, fruit painting in oil; second premium, still life painting in oil; second premium, head in watercolor; first premium, marine view in watercolor; Illinois State Fair, Springfield, Illinois
  
  May 1919: Honorable Mention in Life Class AND Honorable Mention in Portrait Class, Corcoran School of Art
• Other Occupation(s) professional tennis player
  
  In 1901, Champlin won the US Women's National Championship in women's doubles with Edith Parker, defeating opponents Marie Wimer and Myrtle McAteer in three straight sets. In 1902, she won the doubles title at the Cincinnati tournament with Maud Banks against Winona Closterman and Carrie Neely, winning in straight sets.
• Biography Parents:  Henry Clay Champlin (Connecticut 1844-1918) and Susan Isabella Hyde Champlin (Alexandria, Vernon Twp., Missouri December 10/September 14, 1847-December 22, 1924); he was grain dealer.
  
  Siblings:  Ada Belle (December 25, 1869-December 16, 1950) [see entry in this database]
  
  Jeanette Gordon Champlin (July 17, 1871-?)
  
  Annie Clark Champlin (August 29, 1874-?)
  
  Julia Shelton Champlin (November 14, 1877-?)
  
  Henry Clay Champlin (September 16, 1879-April 24, 1963 Los Angeles, California); m. Lesley Mary Kirk (Illinois 1/6/1880-?); 3 children