M. Jean McLane
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Myrtle Jean McLane sometimes styled Jean MacLane (September 14, 1878 – January 23, 1964) was an American
portraitist, born in Chicago
, Illinois
and died in New Canaan, Connecticut
.
She first studied with John Vanderpoel
at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and later in Cincinnati under Frank Duveneck
and in New York City under William M. Chase. In 1912 she was elected an associate to the National Academy of Design
and a full academician in 1926. She was awarded a bronze medal, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904; Burgess prize, New York Woman's Art Club, 1909; silver medal, Grand Prix Exposition, Buenos Ayres, 1910. While a student at the Art Institute she met John Christen Johansen
and later became his wife. Together they would help found the National Foundation of Portrait Painters in 1912. Asked to help depict the Allied Leaders from World War I
by a group of philanthropists she provided the only female subject, Queen Elisabeth of Belgians
, This painting today is exhibited in the National Museum of American Art.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
included her painting "Portrait of Virginia and Stanton Arnold" which was awarded the Lippincott prize in an exhibition from February 8 to March 29, 1914. Her painting "Portrait Mrs. Edmund D. Libby" was included in the Fourth Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists and "The Baby" was included in the Fifth Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists held at the Detroit Museum of Art April 16 to May 31, 1919.
United States
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portraitist, born in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
and died in New Canaan, Connecticut
New Canaan, Connecticut
New Canaan is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, northeast of Stamford, on the Fivemile River. The population was 19,738 according to the 2010 census.The town is one of the most affluent communities in the United States...
.
She first studied with John Vanderpoel
John Vanderpoel
John Henry Vanderpoel was a Dutch-American artist and teacher, best known as an instructor of figure drawing. His book The Human Figure, a standard art school resource featuring numerous of his drawings based on his teaching at the Art Institute of Chicago, was published in 1907.Born in the...
at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and later in Cincinnati under Frank Duveneck
Frank Duveneck
Frank Duveneck was an American figure and portrait painter.-Youth:Duveneck was born in Covington, Kentucky, the son of German immigrant Bernard Decker. Decker died when Frank was only a year old and his widow remarried Joseph Duveneck...
and in New York City under William M. Chase. In 1912 she was elected an associate to the National Academy of Design
National Academy of Design
The National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts, founded in New York City as the National Academy of Design – known simply as the "National Academy" – is an honorary association of American artists founded in 1825 by Samuel F. B. Morse, Asher B. Durand, Thomas Cole, Martin E...
and a full academician in 1926. She was awarded a bronze medal, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904; Burgess prize, New York Woman's Art Club, 1909; silver medal, Grand Prix Exposition, Buenos Ayres, 1910. While a student at the Art Institute she met John Christen Johansen
John Christen Johansen
John Christen Johansen was a Danish-American portraitist, born in Copenhagen and died in New Canaan, Connecticut.-Background:...
and later became his wife. Together they would help found the National Foundation of Portrait Painters in 1912. Asked to help depict the Allied Leaders from World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
by a group of philanthropists she provided the only female subject, Queen Elisabeth of Belgians
Elisabeth of Bavaria (1876-1965)
Elisabeth of Bavaria , was the queen consort of Albert I of Belgium and was the mother of Leopold III of Belgium and grandmother of Baudouin I of Belgium and Albert II of Belgium.-Family:Born in Possenhofen Castle, her father was Karl-Theodor, Duke in Bavaria, an ophthalmologist of...
, This painting today is exhibited in the National Museum of American Art.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is a museum and art school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1805 and is the oldest art museum and school in the United States. The academy's museum is internationally known for its collections of 19th and 20th century American paintings,...
included her painting "Portrait of Virginia and Stanton Arnold" which was awarded the Lippincott prize in an exhibition from February 8 to March 29, 1914. Her painting "Portrait Mrs. Edmund D. Libby" was included in the Fourth Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists and "The Baby" was included in the Fifth Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists held at the Detroit Museum of Art April 16 to May 31, 1919.