“Alice Kent Stoddard was born in Watertown, Connecticut in 1883. Her first cousin was artist Rockwell Kent.” (1)
“She rented and then bought her cousin's house known as Rockwell Kent Cottage and Studio in Monhegan, Maine.” (2)
“She studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with Thomas Eakins, Thomas Anshutz and William Merritt Chase. She also studied at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, and in 1948, she married artist Joseph Pearson.” (3)
“In 1911 and 1913, she was awarded the Mary Smith Prize from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts for Paper Dolls.
She was a member of The Plastic Club. In 1938, she became an associate of the National Academy of Design.
Stoddard painted portraits of Philadelphia socialites, often including pets in the paintings.” (2)
“Stoddard visited and lived in Monhegan, Maine, and integrated the people and scenery in her paintings." [sic] She painted Manville Davis, a fisherman in Mending the Nets and a portrait of artist Andrew Winter. The area became an enclave for artists, some of the other artists who painted and visited there were Robert Henri, the Wyeth family (N. C., Andrew, and Jamie), and Charles Ebert.” (1)
“During World War II she worked as a mechanical draftsperson for airplane design for Budd Company and as a combat artist. Her work was exhibited at Woodmere Art Museum, where she also volunteered her time.” (2)
“In Philadelphia, she painted portraits of numerous luminaries such as Federal and Supreme Court judges. She was a frequent exhibitor with the National Academy of Design, of which she was elected an Associate Member in 1938.” (3)
She died in 1976.
Reference
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Alechetron Staff. Alice Kent Stoddard [internet]. 2019 [cited 2019 Aug 8]. Available from: https://alchetron.com/Alice-Kent-Stoddard
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Everything Expalined Staff. Alice Kent Stoddard Explained [internet]. 2018 [cited 2019 Aug 8]. Available from: https://everything.explained.today/Alice_Kent_Stoddard/
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Askart Staff. Biography from the Achieves of askART [internet]. [cited 2019 Aug 8]. Available from: http://www.askart.com/artist_bio/Alice_Kent_Pearson_Stoddard/21724/Alice_Kent_Pearson_Stoddard.aspx