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Anna Marie Valentien (February 27, 1862 – August 25, 1947) (or Valentine), née Buchdrucker (or Bookprinter) was an American sculptor, painter, teacher, illustrator, and decorator.
Returning from her European studies she was employed at the
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Early years
Anna's parents, Karl and Magdalene Bookprinter, emigrated from Germany in 1848, a year, that because of the failedrevolutions of 1848
The Revolutions of 1848, known in some countries as the Springtime of the Peoples or the Springtime of Nations, were a series of political upheavals throughout Europe starting in 1848. It remains the most widespread revolutionary wave in Europea ...
brought large numbers of Germans, known as Forty-Eighters
The Forty-Eighters were Europeans who participated in or supported the Revolutions of 1848 that swept Europe. In the German Confederation, the Forty-Eighters favoured unification of Germany, a more democratic government, and guarantees of human r ...
, to Cincinnati where a German community already existed. She began her art studies at the McMichen School of Design and later attended evening classes at the Cincinnati Art Academy, studying portraiture with Frank Duveneck
Frank Duveneck (né Decker; October 9, 1848 – January 3, 1919) was an American figure and portrait painter.
Early life
Duveneck was born in Covington, Kentucky, the son of German immigrant Bernhard Decker. Decker died in a cholera epidemic whe ...
and sculpture with Louis Rebisso
Louis Thomas Rebisso (1837 in Italy – 3 May 1899 in Norwood, Ohio) was an Italian-born United States of America, American sculptor and teacher.
Biography
In Italy, Rebisso studied with the sculptor Rubalto and in an art academy under Varni. At ...
. After her marriage, she travelled with her husband to Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...
where she studied sculpture, first enrolled at the Académie Colarossi, where she worked with Jean Antoine Injalbert
Jean-Antoine Injalbert (1845–1933) was a much-decorated French sculptor, born in Béziers.
Life
The son of a stonemason, Injalbert was a pupil of Augustin-Alexandre Dumont and won the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1874. At the Exposition Uni ...
, and then at the Académie Rodin under Auguste Rodin, Antoine Bourdelle and Jules Desbois.
Career
Returning from her European studies she was employed at the Rookwood Pottery Company
Rookwood Pottery is an American ceramics company that was founded in 1880 and closed in 1967, before being revived in 2004. It was initially located in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood in Cincinnati, Ohio, and has now returned there. In its heyda ...
in Cincinnati from 1884 until 1905. There she met Rockwood's chief artist Albert Robert Valentien; they were married on June 1, 1887.
In 1893 she showed a piece, ''Ariadne'', in The Woman's Building at the World's Columbian Exposition
The World's Columbian Exposition (also known as the Chicago World's Fair) was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. The centerpiece of the Fair, hel ...
.
After their retirement from Rookwood the Valentiens moved to San Diego, California
San Diego ( , ; ) is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a 2020 population of 1,386,932, it is the eighth most populous city in the United Stat ...
where they continued their artistic endeavors and remained for the rest of their lives. They briefly ran an art pottery studio in San Diego, Valentien Pottery, from 1911 to 1914, while each continued to pursue individual work, he in painting and she in sculpture and other media. She taught sculpture and handcrafts at the San Diego Evening High School, from 1917 until 1938. Among her students were the sculptor Donal Hord
Donal Hord (February 26, 1902 – June 29, 1966), an American sculptor, was born Donald Horr in Prentice, Wisconsin.
Early life
In 1914, Hord and his mother moved west, to Seattle, Washington. Shortly thereafter he contracted rheumatic fever, ...
and the painter Dorr Bothwell.
She was awarded two gold medals at the Panama–California Exposition
The Panama–California Exposition was an exposition held in San Diego, California, between January 1, 1915, and January 1, 1917. The exposition celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal, and was meant to tout San Diego as the first United ...
.
The exhibition catalog “Beyond Rookwood: Paintings By Anna M. Valentien, Prints And Plates By E. T. Hurley ” was published by the Cincinnati Art Galleries in 2001.
Valentien died in San Diego, California August 25, 1947.
Work
Several of Valentien's paintings and sculptures can be found at theSan Diego Historical Society
The San Diego History Center is a museum showcasing the history of San Diego, located in the city's Balboa Park.
Description and history
Founded in 1928 by businessman and civic leader George W. Marston, the San Diego Historical Society was h ...
*a portrait “Mrs. Matt Daly” is in the Cincinnati Art Museum
The Cincinnati Art Museum is an art museum in the Eden Park neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. Founded in 1881, it was the first purpose-built art museum west of the Alleghenies, and is one of the oldest in the United States. Its collection of ov ...
collection.
References
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