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| Drama of Fall, Constance Cochrane, c. 1940, depicts Monhegan Island. |
Sandy Quang ran across two women painters this week. It’s sad how little documentation there is of their
lives and work.
Helen Louise Moseley was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1883.
She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with Robert Henri, Hugh
Breckenridge and John Christen Johansen. She regularly exhibited in the Midwest
and Gloucester, MA. She died in 1928 in Boston.
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| Sailboats by Helen Louise Moseley. |
Constance Cochrane’s life is better notated. She was born in
1882 at the US Navy Yard at Pensacola, Florida, where her father and
grandfather were stationed. Motivated by her navy family, her work concentrated
on the sea and shore.
Cochrane studied at the Philadelphia School of Design for
Women and with Elliott Daingerfield at his summer studio in Blowing Rock,
North Carolina.
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| Rocky Ocean Scene, Constance Cochrane, undated. |
Cochrane was a founding member of the Philadelphia Ten, a
group of Philly-based women artists. In 1921 to 1930, she purchased a summer home
at Monhegan, where she painted extensively. She died in 1962.
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