biography of Agnès Anne ABBOT (1897-1992)

Birth place: Potsdam, Germany

Addresses: Boston, MA

Profession: Painter, designer, professor

Studied: Berlin, Germany; Radcliffe Col.; Sch. FA & Crafts, Boston, with C. Howard Walker and Katherine B. Child; Aldro T. Hibbard; Charles H. Woodbury, Ogunquit Sch.

Exhibited: Grace Horne Gallery, Boston, 1931 (solo), 1937 (solo), 1939 (solo); Wellesley College, 1935 (with Hazel N. Abbot); WMA, 1935; Margaret Brown Gal., 1946 (solo); Pen and Brush Club, 1949 (solo); Childs Gallery, Boston, 1952 (solo), 1954 (solo); Charles H. Woodbury and His Students," Ogunquit (Me.) Mus., 1998 "

Member: AWCS; NAWA; Gloucester SA; CAA; Boston AC; Boston SAC; Pen & Brush Club.

Work: Farnsworth Mus.; BMFA; FMA, Harvard Univ; Davis Art Center, Wellesley Col.

Comments: Born overseas to American parents, she came to the U.S. in 1917. Position: prof. of art, Wellesley College, Mass., 1933-59/head, Art Dept., Wellesley College, 1943-59. Developed Wellesley Method" for students of art history.

Sources: WW47; WW59; Petteys, Dictionary of Women Artists; Artists of the Rockport Art Association (1956); Charles Woodbury and His Students. "