Harriet M. Cantrall (1875-1962)
Glencoe
oil on board
12 x 15 inches
Harriet M. Cantrall (1875-1962)
Road Through the Woods
oil on canvas
24 x 20 inches
Artist Details
Harriet
Hattie Cantrall
Cantrall
n/a
n/a
March 5, 1875
Cantrall, Illinois
September 20, 1962
Springfield, Illinois
family moved to Springfield about 1881
1906: 545 S. State St., Nebraska
circa 1921: 853 Grand Blvd, Springfield, Illinois
Springfield, Illinois
Painter-Oil, Sculptor
Bachelor of Arts, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York (two years)
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois: student of Arthur W. Dow, Charles H Woodbury, H.R. Poore, and Fursman
Carmel Summer School of Art, Carmel, California: student of Townsend
student of Henry Varnum Poore, Van Laer, and Herbert Adams
Master of Fine Arts: correspondence course with the University of Oregon over 3 or 4 summers
Alaska
Europe
Hawaii
Array
1909: State Fair, Springfield, Illinois; 3 wood carvings
May 1917: Oils by Harriet Cantrall, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, Illinois
1918: Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Illinois Artists, Peoria Society of Allied Arts, Peoria, Illinois
1921: 3rd Annual Exhibit of Paintings by Illinois Artists, Springfield, Illinois
Oregon
St. Louis
Western Art Association, Omaha, Nebraska
American Association of University Women
Eastern Art Association
Illinois Education Association
National Association of Women Artists, New York, New York
National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors
National Education Association
St Louis Arts Club, St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis Artists Guild, St. Louis, Missouri
Springfield Art Association, Springfield, Illinois
Western Art Association, president 1940
1911: Western Drawing and Manual Training Association; treasurer
1893-1904: Western Drawing Teachers Association
1921-1932: Macbeth Gallery records, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.
1898-1941: Supervisor of Art, Springfield Public Schools, Springfield, Illinois
1911-1912: Treasurer, Western Drawing and Manual Training Association
1920: taught The Applied Arts Summer School in Francis W. Parker School, Chicago, Illinois
taught summer school with Silver Burdette Co., Evanston, Illinois
taught summer school with Mentzer Bush Co., Chicago, Illinois
author of magazine short stories
Co-author with James C. Boudreau of Art in Daily Activities published by Mentzer Bush Co., 1929