Alice Ruggles Sohier

Alice Ruggles Sohier (1880–1969)[1][2] American artist, known for paintings of figures, portraits, still life, and landscapes.[3] She was an active artist between 1900 until around c.1959.[4]

Alice Ruggles Sohier
Born
Alice Ruggles

1880
Died1969 (aged 88–89)
Concord, Massachusetts, US
Other namesAlice Sohier
Alma materArt Students' League of Buffalo, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
OccupationPainter
SpouseLouis Amory Sohier

Life

Alice Ruggles was born in 1880. The daughter of Frederick Huntington and Ruth Alice Swan,[5] raised in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. She graduated high school in 1899. From 1900 until 1902, Sohier attended Art Students League of Buffalo,[6] studying under Lucius Wolcott Hitchcock.

In 1904, she studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (Museum School),with Edmund C. Tarbell and Frank Weston Benson.[4] In 1907, she was awarded the Paige Traveling Scholarship, allowing her two years to travel throughout Europe.[4]

In 1913, she married engineer, Louis Amory Sohier of Concord.[4] The couple moved first to Pennsylvania then later to Concord, Massachusetts.[4] She taught art classes at Concord Academy.[7] She was an early member of The Guild of Boston Artists.[8][9][10][11]

She died in May 1969 in Concord, Massachusetts.[1]

Her work is included in many public museum collections, including Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,[12] Butler Institute of American Art,[13] Zanesville Museum of Art,[14] Frick Art Reference Library,[15] among others

References
  1. "Obituary". Newspapers.com. The Boston Globe from Boston, Massachusetts. May 16, 1969. p. 63. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  2. "Alice Ruggles Sohier". Artnet.com. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  3. "Boston Women Artists Display Product of Brush and Charcoal, Alice Ruggles Sohier and Lillian Westcott Hale Are Exhibitors at Guild of Boston Artists In Newbury St". The Boston Globe. 1925-03-25. p. 2. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  4. "Twilight of American Impressionism". Portsmouth Historical Society. March 6, 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  5. Linzee, John William (1917). The Lindeseie and Limesi Families of Great Britain: Including the Probates at Somerset House, London, England, of All the Spellings of the Name Lindeseie from 1300 to 1800. Brockton, MA: The Fort Hill Press. p. 796.
  6. Kurtz, Charles M.; Quinton, Cornelia Bentley Sage; Hekking, William Mathews (1913). Academy Notes, Issued with Quarterly Illustrations. Vol. VIII. Buffalo, New York: The Art Students' League of Buffalo. p. 54.
  7. Morice, Linda C. (2016-10-31). Flora White: In the Vanguard of Gender Equity. Lexington Books. p. 142. ISBN 978-1-4985-4239-5.
  8. Pene du Bois, Guy (1915). Arts & Decoration. New York City, New York: Artspur Publications, Inc. and Adam Budge, Inc. p. 402.
  9. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Paintings, Miniatures, and Sculptures By Members of The Guild of Boston Artists (PDF). Detroit Museum of Art. 1916.
  10. "Britton Diary, 1919 Feb-July, Viewing page 11 of 33, Smithsonian Digital Volunteers, members of the Boston Guild Exhibitors - Season 1919-1920". Archive of American Art, Smithsonian. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  11. Hirshler, Erica E.; Roberts, Ellen E.; Lightman, Jean G.; Dunlay, Thomas R. (2001). A Woman's Perspective: Founding and Early Women Members of The Guild of Boston Artists, 1914-1945. Boston, MA: Mullen Books.
  12. "Collection: Girl in Red". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  13. "Portrait Society of America, Cecilia Beaux Forum: Our Portraits Our Selves: Focus on Judith Carducci". Cecilia Beaux Forum. Portrait Society of America. 2015-02-28. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  14. "Daydreamer". Zanesville Museum of Art. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  15. Alice Ruggles Sohier: artist file, Frick Art Reference Library, 1920, retrieved 2020-05-19{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
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