Ida Cole Haskell (April 24, 1861 – September 28, 1932) was an American painter and educator. She is known for her landscape and genre paintings. She taught painting at the Pratt Institute.

Biography

Haskell was born in 1861 in California. She studied art at the

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, the

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, the

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, and the

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in Paris. After living in several locations in the United States she settled in New York to teach at the

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. She lived with the photographer

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. Haskell was a member of the

National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors The National Association of Women Artists, Inc. (NAWA) is a United States organization, founded in 1889 to gain recognition for professional women fine artists in an era when that field was strongly male-oriented. It sponsors exhibitions, awards ...

. Haskell exhibited her work at the

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at the 1893

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in Chicago, Illinois. Haskell died on September 28, 1932 in Brookhaven, New York.

Gallery

File:Mother Love by Ida C. Haskell 1890.jpg, ''Mother Love'' 1890 File:Impressionist Coastal Scene by Ida C. Haskell.jpg, ''Impressionist Coastal Scene''

References

External links

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images of Haskell's art
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