Anne Goldthwaite

Anne Goldthwaite
in 1930
Born	1869 Montgomery, Alabama
Died	1944 New York
Residence	New York
Nationality	American
Known for	artist of southerners

Anne Goldthwaite (1869 – 1944) was an American artist and an advocate of women's rights and equal rights.

Biography

Goldthwaite was born in 1869 in Montgomery,^[1] the daughter of a captain in the confederate army. Goldthwaite studied under Walter Shirlaw in New York and went to Paris in 1907 and immediately joined the artistic crowd after meeting Gertrude Stein. She created many prints there before returning to America just prior to the outbreak of the first World War. She was in time for the Armory Show where her work was chosen to be exhibited.^[2]

From 1922 until 1944 she taught and took commissions from her residence in New York. Amongst her commissions was Woodrow Wilson. Every summer she would return to Montgomery where she was known for her pictures featuring African Americans.^[3]

References

^ "Anne Goldthwaite". Smithsonian. http://photography.si.edu/SearchImage.aspx?id=5824. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
^ 1913 Armory Show 50th Anniversary Exhibition 1963 copyright and organized by Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, copyright and sponsored by the Henry Street Settlement, New York City, Library of Congress card number 63-13993
^ "Printmakers of Alabama". Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. http://www.mmfa.org/exhibitions.aspx?id=382. Retrieved 26 October 2010.

Persondata
Name	Goldthwaite, Anne
Alternative names
Short description	advocate of women's rights and equal rights
Date of birth	1869
Place of birth	Montgomery, Alabama
Date of death	1944
Place of death	New York