Caroline Armington

Caroline Helena Armington
Born(1875-09-11)September 11, 1875
Brampton, Ontario, Canada
DiedOctober 25, 1939(1939-10-25) (aged 64)
New York, New York
EducationAcadémie Julian
Known forPainting, Printmaking
SpouseFrank Armington
Signature

Caroline Helena Armington (1875–1939) was a Canadian born artist.

Armington worked in a number of mediums including a large body of etchings (551). Her main practice consisted of painting and printmaking. In addition to being an artist, she also trained at Guelph General Hospital as a nurse.[1]

Biography

Caroline Helena Wilkinson was born on September 11, 1875, in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.[2] From 1892 to 1899 she took art studies under J. W. L. Forster.[3] She traveled to New York in 1899, where she worked as a nurse.[3] The following year she sailed to Europe and married Frank Armington.[4] She moved back to Canada during 1900–01.[5]

From 1905 to 1910, the couple returned to study in Paris at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière and Académie Julian.[6] In 1908, Caroline's painting Paysanne Hollandaise was accepted at the Salon des Artistes Francais' annual exhibition, held at the Grand Palais, Paris.[7] They assisted the American Ambulance Hospital in Paris from 1914 to 1918, with Caroline working as a nurse and Frank as an orderly.[8] Armington's etching of Bayeux Cathedral was the May 1924 cover of Brooklyn Life magazine.[9] According to the magazine article, collections of her etchings were in the following museums at the time: Luxembourg and Petit Palais, Paris; British Museum and South Kensington Museum, London; Bibliographic de Belgique, Brussels; Liege; New York Public Library; and National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada.[9]

Armington left Paris in 1939 and moved to New York.[10] She died there on October 25, 1939.[11]

Collections

References

  1. ^ "Canadian Women Artists: Artist Database, Armington, Caroline". Canadian Women Artists History Initiative. CWAHI. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  2. ^ Downs 1941, p. 391.
  3. ^ a b Braide & Parke-Taylor 1990, p. 17.
  4. ^ Braide & Parke-Taylor 1990, p. 18.
  5. ^ Baker 2016.
  6. ^ Braide & Parke-Taylor 1990, p. 19.
  7. ^ Catalogue illustré du Salon. Paris: Société des Artistes Français. 1908. ISBN 9780969427407. OCLC 45681488. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  8. ^ Braide & Parke-Taylor 1990, p. 41.
  9. ^ a b "Concerning This Weeks Cover Cut". Brooklyn Life. 24 May 1924. p. 20 – via newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Braide & Parke-Taylor 1990, p. 74.
  11. ^ Downs 1941, p. 392.
  12. ^ "Results for "Caroline Helena Armington"". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
  13. ^ "Results for "Caroline Helena Armington"". The Peel Art Museum, Gallery and Archives.
  14. ^ Armington, Caroline Helena (1924), The Seine, Paris, retrieved 2024-03-20
  15. ^ "Caroline Helena Armington". The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Sources and further reading

  • www.artistarchive.com A catalogue of over 550 prints, many with images.
  • pamascollection The Caroline and Frank Armington Collection at Peel Art Gallery Museum + Archives
  • Caroline Armington etchings A compilation of 635 titles of Caroline Armington etchings (from Caroline Armington etching record books and other sources)
  • Public Collections(Museums, galleries, libraries and public collections which have one or more Caroline Armington’s prints in their collection)
  • Signatures (A compilation of Caroline Armington’ signatures and initials found on her prints)
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