Christine Sloan Bredin (1860–1934) was an American painter, illustrator, and teacher.

Biography

Bredin née Sloan was born in 1860 in

Butler, Pennsylvania Butler is a city and the county seat of Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located north of Pittsburgh and is part of the Greater Pittsburgh region. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 13,502. History Butler was na ...

. She attended the Cincinnati Academy of Art and the Académie Colarossi. She also studied with

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, Germany. Her son was the Pennsylvania Impressionist,

Rae Sloan Bredin Rae Sloan Bredin (9 September 1880 – 16 July 1933) was an American painter. He was a member of the New Hope, Pennsylvania school of impressionists. He is known for his peaceful spring and summer landscapes with relaxed groups of women and chil ...

. Bredin exhibited her work at the

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at the 1893

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in Chicago, Illinois. She also exhibited at the Cotton States and International Exposition in 1895 in Atlanta, Georgia. At that time she shared a studio with fellow artist Annie G. Sykes. Bredin taught at

Ohio University Ohio University is a Public university, public research university in Athens, Ohio. The first university chartered by an Act of Congress and the first to be chartered in Ohio, the university was chartered in 1787 by the Congress of the Confeder ...

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. She was a member of

The Plastic Club The Plastic Club is an arts organization located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1897 for women only, the Plastic Club is one of the oldest art clubs in the United States. It is located on the 200 block of Camac Street, the "Little Street ...

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, Pennsylvania and a charter member of the Cincinnati Women's Art Club. She died in 1934.

References

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