Anna Lillian Winegar (1867-1941) was an American painter and illustrator. From about 1900 until 1935 she was associated with the Artists of Bronxville.

Early life and education

Anna Lillian Winegar was born in 1867 in Plainwell, Michigan. She graduated from

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in 1892. Winegar studied in Italy and Paris with Frank Edwin Scott, Giuseppe Costelini, Franklin Bothe,

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and Kerson. She studied at the

Académie Colarossi The Académie Colarossi (1870–1930) was an art school in Paris founded in 1870 by the Italian model and sculptor Filippo Colarossi. It was originally located on the Île de la Cité, and it moved in 1879 to 10 rue de la Grande-Chaumière in the ...

and the

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Career as artist

Winegar was active as an artist in Brooklyn, New York. She was a member of the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors, and the MacDowell Club. She was a resident of Bronxville, New York from about 1900 until 1935. She became known for her impressionist landscapes and garden scenes.

Death

Winegar died in 1941 in Tucson, Arizona.

References

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