biography of Rose PECKHAM (1842-1922)

Birth place: Connecticut

Death place: Conn.

Addresses: Providence, RI

Profession: Painter

Studied: Acad. Julian, Paris, with Lefebvre, 1875-78; Rolshoven

Exhibited: NAD, 1872, 1880; Paris Salon, 1878, 1892; SNBA, 1893; Providence AC; Vose Gal.; Boston AC, 1878-80

Member: Providence AC (founder, 1880; vice pres., 1883-85)

Work: Phillips Acad., Exeter, NJ

Comments: While studying in Paris, with her sister Kate and May Alcott, she became friendly with G.P.A. Healy and Mary Cassatt. She painted portraits and still lifes. Fink gives birthplace as Boston. Also known as Rosa Peckham Danielson.

Sources: C. Bert, Sketches (Providence, No.2, Dec. 1991); Fink, Am. Art at the 19th c. Paris Salons, 335, 379.