Hannah Brown Skeele
- BORN
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May 1, 1829
Kennebunkport, Maine
- DIED
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August 8, 1901
Portland, Maine
Hannah Brown Skeele was born on May 1, 1829, in Kennebunkport, Maine. Her parents were John and Charlotte Fisher Skeele. Skeele was a self-taught artist who painted mainly still lifes, animal pictures and portraits.
She moved to St. Louis in 1858 and lived there at the same time as her cousin Edwin B. Skeele and his family. She began her career in St. Louis, and exhibited still lifes there beginning in 1858 until 1870. In addition to showing her work in many exhibitions in St. Louis, Skeele served on the Mississippi Valley Sanitary Fair committee in 1864. Her paintings made in St. Louis are primarily still lifes and animal pictures.
She returned to Portland, Maine, in 1870-1871, where she began painting portraits. Skeele died on August 8, 1901, in Portland.
Hannan Brown Skeele, Still Life with Strawberries, 1863.
Oil/Panel, 17 x 21 in.
Saint Louis Art Museum, Purchased in Memory of Rose Allen Valier by her friends and Mr. and Mrs. Biron A. Valier.
Hannah Brown Skeele, Fruit Piece, 1860.
Oil/Canvas, 20 x 23 in.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Restricted Gifts of Charles C. Haffner, III, Mrs. Harold T. Martin, Mrs. Herbert A. Vance and Jill Burnside Zeno; 2001.6.
Western Art Association Exhibition
Organized by Western Academy of Art
Organized by Western Academy of Art
Mississippi Valley Sanitary Fair
Organized by Western Sanitary Commission
Organized by Western Sanitary Commission
St. Louis Women Artists 1818-1945 Exhibition
Organized by Missouri Historical Society
Organized by Missouri Historical Society
Art Along the Rivers Exhibition
Organized by Saint Louis Art Museum
Organized by Saint Louis Art Museum
Award, St. Louis Agricultural and Mechanical Association Fair
Award, St. Louis Agricultural and Mechanical Association Fair
Awards & Exhibitions 7
Western Art Association Exhibition
Organized by Western Academy of Art
Organized by Western Academy of Art
Mississippi Valley Sanitary Fair
Organized by Western Sanitary Commission
Organized by Western Sanitary Commission
St. Louis Women Artists 1818-1945 Exhibition
Organized by Missouri Historical Society
Organized by Missouri Historical Society
Art Along the Rivers Exhibition
Organized by Saint Louis Art Museum
Organized by Saint Louis Art Museum
Award, St. Louis Agricultural and Mechanical Association Fair
Award, St. Louis Agricultural and Mechanical Association Fair
References
Artist clippings file is available at:
“Hannah Brown Skeele: Artist File.” Spencer Art Reference Library, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
Bibliography
Select Sources
Susan Danly, Bruce Weber and William H. Gerdts, For Beauty and For Truth: The William and Abigail Gerdts Collection of American Still Life (Amherst: Mead Art Museum, Amherst College; New York; Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., 1998), 26, 86.
Judith A. Barter and Lynn E. Springer, Currents of Expansion: Painting in the Midwest, 1820-1940 (St. Louis: St. Louis Art Museum, 1977), 96, 173.
Karen M. Jones, “Collector’s Notes: Addenda on Hannah B. Skeele,” The Magazine Antiques 122, no. 5 (1982), 1097.
Martha Gandy Fales, “Hannah B. Skeele, Maine Artist,” The Magazine Antiques 121, no. 4 (1982): 915-921.
Core Reference Sources
Peter H. Falk, et. al, Who was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America (Madison: Sound View Press, 1999).
William H. Gerdts, Art Across America: Two Centuries of Regional Painting, 1710-1920 (New York: Abbeville Press, 1990).
askART (database), askART, https://www.askart.com/.
St. Louis Public Library, Dictionary of Saint Louis Artists (St. Louis: St. Louis Public Library, 1993).
Image Credits
Artwork
Hannan Brown Skeele, Still Life with Strawberries, 1863.
Oil/Panel, 17 x 21 in.
Saint Louis Art Museum, Purchased in Memory of Rose Allen Valier by her friends and Mr. and Mrs. Biron A. Valier.
Hannah Brown Skeele, Fruit Piece, 1860.
Oil/Canvas, 20 x 23 in.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Restricted Gifts of Charles C. Haffner, III, Mrs. Harold T. Martin, Mrs. Herbert A. Vance and Jill Burnside Zeno; 2001.6.
Contributors
Roberta Wagener, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Artist Record Published
Published on September 20, 2021
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References
Artist clippings file is available at:
“Hannah Brown Skeele: Artist File.” Spencer Art Reference Library, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
Artist’s work in these institutions’ collections
Saint Louis Art Museum
Bibliography
Select Sources
Susan Danly, Bruce Weber and William H. Gerdts, For Beauty and For Truth: The William and Abigail Gerdts Collection of American Still Life (Amherst: Mead Art Museum, Amherst College; New York; Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., 1998), 26, 86.
Judith A. Barter and Lynn E. Springer, Currents of Expansion: Painting in the Midwest, 1820-1940 (St. Louis: St. Louis Art Museum, 1977), 96, 173.
Karen M. Jones, “Collector’s Notes: Addenda on Hannah B. Skeele,” The Magazine Antiques 122, no. 5 (1982), 1097.
Martha Gandy Fales, “Hannah B. Skeele, Maine Artist,” The Magazine Antiques 121, no. 4 (1982): 915-921.
Core Reference Sources
Peter H. Falk, et. al, Who was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America (Madison: Sound View Press, 1999).
William H. Gerdts, Art Across America: Two Centuries of Regional Painting, 1710-1920 (New York: Abbeville Press, 1990).
askART (database), askART, https://www.askart.com/.
St. Louis Public Library, Dictionary of Saint Louis Artists (St. Louis: St. Louis Public Library, 1993).
Contributors
Roberta Wagener, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Artist Record Published
Published on September 20, 2021
Updated on None
