Harriet Thompson

Artist Details

• First Name Harriet
• Middle Name Chandler
• Maiden Name Wheeler
• Surname Thompson
• Spouse’s Full Name George D. Thompson; soldier; married December 30, 1864
• Names and Birth Years of Children Mrs. E.T. Van Kampp another one
• Birth Date December 6, 1843
• Birth Place Derby, Vermont
• Death Date June 10, 1942
• Death Place Lakewood, Florida
• Residence(s) 1871: 15 N. Curtis St., Chicago, Illinois; survived the 1871 fire but sheltered refugees (family visiting in Vermont at time of fire)
  
  1912-at least 1939: 1020 Washington Blvd., Oak Park, Illinois that her father purchased in 1886 (by 1939: daughter living with her)
• Active In Chicago, Illinois
• Categories Painter
• Training traveling artists who passed by the family farm
  Underhill Academy for Young Ladies, near Burlington, Vermont
  
• Exhibitions History 1933: Century of Progress, Chicago, Illinois [at the fair itself?]; Abduction of Pocahontas; Breaking Home Ties
• Memberships Academy of Fine Arts, Chicago, Illinois
  
  Austin, Oak Park and River Forest Art League, Oak Park, Illinois
  
  Chicago Art League, Chicago, Illinois
  
  Illinois State Art League
• Other Occupation(s) at age 17, school teacher