Josephine Reichmann

Artist Details

• First Name Josephine
• Maiden Name Lemos
• Surname Reichmann
• Spouse’s Full Name Frank Joseph Reichmann (1860-1933); married January 5, 1885 RR freight car and radio manufacturer
• Names and Birth Years of Children Julia Scott (June 26, 1886 – November 28, 1958; married Christopher Pearse Scott June 1910; 5 kids Frank Joseph Reichmann, (1888-1937);  married June 29, 1912 Josephine Dorothea (Dolly) Robinson (Increase) (1890-1981) Ernest Robert Reichmann  (May 12, 1892-July 9, 1910)                                         
• Birth Date March 24, 1864
• Birth Place Louisville, Tennessee
• Death Date May 9, 1938
• Death Place Chicago, Illinois
• Residence(s) 1864-1870: Louisville, Kentucky
  
  grew up at 555 N. Wells St., Chicago, Illinois
  
  then in 1871 put with 3 siblings into Half-Orphan Asylum at 175 Burling Street for less than 2 weeks b/c the Fire broke out;
  
  then to NYC for 18 months, mother learned to work for a lithographer
  
  in 1909:  5207 Kimbark Ave., Chicago, Illinois
  
  in 1923: 1540 E. 57th St., Chicago, Illinois
  
  died at daughter Julia’s home at 1957 E. 72^nd Place, Chicago, Illinois
• Active In Chicago, Illinois
• Categories Painter-Oil, Watercolorist
• Training School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; student of John Vanderpoel
  New York Art Students League Summer School; student of Chas. W. Hawthorne.
  Cape Cod School of Art
  summer school 1912: New York Art Students League
  
• Subject(s) of Art Array
• Exhibitions History Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois
  
  Vanderpoel Art Association, Chicago, Illinois
  
  1912: New York Art Students League, New York, New York
  
  1916-1918: Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  
  1923, 1927, 1928: Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings & Sculpture by American Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  
  1927, 1928: Chicago Galleries Association, Chicago, Illinois [solo]
  
  1927-1938: Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago and Vicinity Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, April 1930: Cordon Club in the Fine Arts Building, Chicago, Illinois
  
  1930: Paintings: Selected from the Annual Exhibition of Paintings by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  
  Illinois Academy of Fine Arts, Chicago, Illinois
  
  American Watercolor Society (5 times)
• Memberships Chicago Society of Artists, Chicago, Illinois
  
  Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  
  North Shore Art Association
  
  National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors/National Association of Women Artists, New York, New York
  
  South Side Art League, Chicago, Illinois
  
  Artists Guild and Art Club of Chicago, American Water Color Society
  
  Chicago Galleries Association, Chicago, Illinois
• Biography parents: Nicholas (St. Petersburg, Russia circa 1825-December 10, 1869) and Julia Wysznsky Lemos