Anne Ramsdell Congdon (1873 - 1958) American

Anne Ramsdell Congdon (1873 - 1958) American
Watercolor on Paper
Measure 10"in H x 14 1/2"in W and 17 1/2"in H x 21 1/2"in W with frame

Known for: Marine, seascape, harbor view and sand dune painting
Biography: In 1946 the Artist's Association of Nantucket mounted a retrospective exhibition of five artists deemed to be "of national importance." They were Henry S. Eddy, Edgar Jenney, Emerson Tuttle, Anne Ramsdell Congdon and Eastman Johnson. Today, Congdon's expressive, wet-to-wet brushwork in heavy impastos, her brilliant, sometimes exaggerated color, and her impeccable massing of vibrant shapes eloquently express the voice of an artist of consequence. Born in Nashua NH to Governor George A and Eliza Wilson Ramsdell, Anne Ramsdell Congdon began her art studies at the age of seven. Her endeavor continued at a private school in Worcester, MA, and as a young woman, continued at the Academie Delecluse in Paris. Back in the States again, she studied under Rhoda Holmes Nichols, an assistant of William Merritt Chase, in Chase's summer art school near Ogunquit, Maine. While her earliest work - through 1902 - was in watercolor, plein-air painting became Congdon's focus, and she began composing her palette in oils. Further studies with American Impressionist painter, Charles Woodbury were definitive in the further development of Congdon's painterly style. Upon Dr. Congdon's retirement in 1930, the family took up residence in Nantucket, where Anne R. Congdon soon established a studio in one of the cold-water shanties along Commercial Wharf. The shanties were suddenly being populated by artists, and Frank Swift Chase, who has been described as "dean of Island painters and teachers" was leading the settlement. Amid a community of like minded artists, and under Chase's influence, her canvases grew larger and her expression more exaggerated; reminiscent of Van Gogh and the Post Impressionists. Anne R Congdon painted - and celebrated - Nantucket's wharves, her moors, her creeks, ponds and pastures. Working in the plein-air tradition, Congdon painted en situ. From Woodbury, she'd learned to complete each painting in one sitting. If, when she returned to her studio the finished painting was not satisfactory, it was disposed of. Congdon's paintings are among the permanent collections of the Nantucket Historical Association, The Artist's Association of Nantucket, and the Egan Maritime Institute. She was an active member of the Artists Association, a leader in the development of Nantucket's annual Sidewalk Art Show, as well as in various other civic volunteer capacities, including Trustee of the NHA and a co-founder of the Hospital Thrift Shop. Additionally, works have been exhibited in Manchester and Nashua, New Hampshire, Lowell, Mass., and at the Boston Society of Independent Artists.
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