Evelyn Bargelt
Evelyn Bargelt | |
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Evelyn Bargelt, from a 1913 publication | |
| Born | Evelyn May Bargelt September 9, 1877 Traverse City, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | March 4, 1957 (aged 79) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Cartoonist, entertainer |
Evelyn May Bargelt (September 9, 1877 – March 4, 1957) was an American artist and entertainer, known as a "cartoonist-reader" and "one of the Chautauqua queens"[1] when she toured the United States with her live painting show on the Chautauqua and lyceum circuit before 1920.
Early life and education
Bargelt was from Traverse City, Michigan,[2] the daughter of Henry (Harry) Smith Bargelt and Mary Loisette Carter Bargelt.[3][4] She attended the Cumnock School of Oratory and the Chicago Art Institute.[5]
Career
Bargelt's stage act involved giving literary readings,[6] accompanied by music,[7] while she drew the stories' scenes, in pastel on paper.[8][9][10] "She is a reader of ability, and a cartoonist of unusual cleverness," reported one magazine in 1908.[2] She headed the Evelyn Bargelt Concert Company and toured the Chautauqua and lyceum circuit.[11][12][13] During World War I, she went to Belgium and France to entertain American troops there.[14][15]
Off stage, Bargelt painted portraits in Chicago.[16] She had exhibits of her portraits at Marshall Field's in 1934,[17] and at the Drake Hotel in 1939.[18]
Publications
Personal life
Bargelt died in 1957, at the age of 79, at her home in Chicago.[21][22]
References
- ^ "Clever Cartoons Character Study Plenty of Humor". The Hope Pioneer. 1918-07-04. p. 6. Retrieved 2025-03-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Evelyn Bargelt" The Lyceumite and Talent 1(1908): 46.
- ^ Carter, Howard Williston (1909). A Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Carter of Reading and Weston, Mass., and of Hebron and Warren, Ct. C. B. Fiske & Company, Palmer, Mass. p. 215.
- ^ "Obituary for M. L. Bargelt". The Grand Rapids Press. 1932-09-17. p. 16. Retrieved 2025-03-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Evelyn Bargelt, Crayon Artist". Chronicle Tribune. 1913-10-06. p. 4. Retrieved 2025-03-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "This Cartoonist is an Angler; She Excels in Fishing and Cartooning for Chautauqua Audiences". Turlock Weekly Journal. 1915-05-12. p. 2. Retrieved 2025-03-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Pianist with Miss Bargelt". The Lyceum News. 3 (5): 10. May 1913.
- ^ "Evelyn Bargelt" Evening Republican (April 7, 1915): 4. via Hoosier State Chronicles.
- ^ "Miss Bargelt Begins Her Biggest Lyceum Season". The Lyceum News. 6 (6): 12. November 1916.
- ^ Orchard, Hugh Anderson (1923). Fifty Years of Chautauqua: Its Beginnings, Its Development, Its Message and Its Life. Torch Press. p. 282.
- ^ Evelyn Bargelt Concert Company tour program for 1910-1911, University of Iowa.
- ^ "New Kind of Cartoon Paper". The Lyceum News. 2 (4): 10. April 1912.
- ^ Canning, Charlotte (2005). The Most American Thing in America: Circuit Chautauqua as Performance. University of Iowa Press. p. 95. ISBN 978-1-58729-592-8.
- ^ "Noted Cartoonist at Chautauqua" Lompoc Review (April 2, 1920): 5. via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
- ^ "Chautauqua Presents Evelyn Bargelt". Courier-Herald. 1920-06-24. p. 9. Retrieved 2025-03-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Dr. Bradley was Guest of Honor". The Holly Advertiser. 1938-03-10. p. 3. Retrieved 2025-03-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "News of Interest to Lovers of Art". Chicago Tribune. 1934-11-04. p. 72. Retrieved 2025-03-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Untitled brief item". Chicago Tribune. 1939-03-09. p. 16. Retrieved 2025-03-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Bargelt, Evelyn (March 1913). "Lyceum Course Free to Everyone". The Lyceum News. 3 (3): 7.
- ^ Bargelt, Evelyn (August 1913). "The Young Girl in the Lyceum". The Lyceum Magazine. 23: 14.
- ^ "Bargelt" Chicago Tribune (March 5, 1957): 22. via Newspapers.com
- ^ "Obituary for Evelyn Bargelt". Chicago Tribune. 1957-03-05. p. 22. Retrieved 2025-03-24.