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Caroline Augusta Lord (1860-1927) was an American painter who taught at the Art Academy of Cincinnati for decades.


Biography

Lord was born in 1860 in
Cincinnati Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state lin ...
. Beginning in 1884 she attended the Art Academy of Cincinnati where she studied with
Thomas Satterwhite Noble Thomas Satterwhite Noble (May 29, 1835 – April 27, 1907) was an American painter as well as the first head of the McMicken School of Design in Cincinnati, Ohio. Biography Noble was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and raised on a plantation wh ...
and Lewis C. Lutz. She traveled to Paris in 1890 to study with
Jean-Paul Laurens Jean-Paul Laurens (; 28 March 1838 – 23 March 1921) was a French painter and sculptor, and one of the last major exponents of the French Academic style. Biography Laurens was born in Fourquevaux and was a pupil of Léon Cogniet and Alex ...
and
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at the
Académie Julian The Académie Julian () was a private art school for painting and sculpture founded in Paris, France, in 1867 by French painter and teacher Rodolphe Julian (1839–1907) that was active from 1868 through 1968. It remained famous for the numbe ...
. While studying in Paris Lord became acquainted with fellow painter
Elizabeth Nourse Elizabeth Nourse (October 26, 1859 – October 8, 1938) was a realist-style genre, portrait, and landscape painter born in Mt. Healthy, Ohio, in the Cincinnati area. She also worked in decorative painting and sculpture. Described by her contempo ...
. In 1892 Lord moved to New York where she studied with
Kenyon Cox Kenyon Cox (October 27, 1856 – March 17, 1919) was an American painter, illustrator, muralist, writer, and teacher. Cox was an influential and important early instructor at the Art Students League of New York. He was the designer of the League ...
at the
Art Students League of New York The Art Students League of New York is an art school at 215 West 57th Street in Manhattan, New York City, New York. The League has historically been known for its broad appeal to both amateurs and professional artists. Although artists may stud ...
. From 1892 through 1895 she exhibited at the
Paris Salon The Salon (french: Salon), or rarely Paris Salon (French: ''Salon de Paris'' ), beginning in 1667 was the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Between 1748 and 1890 it was arguably the greatest annual or biennial art ...
. She exhibited her work in the Cincinnati Room of the Woman's Building at the 1893
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in Chicago, Illinois. Lord was a member of the Society of Western Artists and the Cincinnati Women's Art Club. She taught at the Art Academy of Cincinnati for thirty-four years. Lord died in 1927 in Cincinnati.


Acme Laundry in Cincinnati

Series of three paintings depicting women employees at the Acme Laundry located at 911 Vine Street in Cincinnati, painted by Lord in 1911. Caroline Augusta Lord-Acme Laundry in Cincinnati.jpg Caroline Augusta Lord-Acme Laundry in Cincinnati3.jpg Caroline Augusta Lord-Acme Laundry in Cincinnati2.jpg


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lord, Caroline Augusta 1860 births 1927 deaths 19th-century American women artists 20th-century American women artists Painters from Cincinnati