Hannah Tempest Jenkins (1855–1927) was an American painter and educator. She taught at
Pomona College and founded ''The Rembrandt Club of Pomona College and Claremont'', an art appreciation society that still exists.
Biography
Jenkins (née Tempest) was born on March 7, 1854, in
Philadelphia. She married John H. Jenkins in 1872.
After his early death she began her art career.
She studied in Philadelphia at the
Spring Garden Institute, the
School of Industrial Art, and the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. She also studied at the
Académie Julian
The Académie Julian () was a private art school for painting and sculpture founded in Paris, France, in 1867 by French painter and teacher Rodolphe Julian (1839–1907) that was active from 1868 through 1968. It remained famous for the number a ...
in Paris, and with
Takeuchi Seihō in Kyoto. Her teachers in included
William Merritt Chase
William Merritt Chase (November 1, 1849October 25, 1916) was an American painter, known as an exponent of Impressionism and as a teacher. He is also responsible for establishing the Chase School, which later would become Parsons School of Design. ...
,
Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant
Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant (also known as Benjamin-Constant), born Jean-Joseph Constant (10 June 1845 – 26 May 1902), was a French painter and etcher best known for his Oriental subjects and portraits.
Biography
Benjamin-Constant was bor ...
,
Tony Robert-Fleury Cecilia Beaux, and
Robert Vonnoh.
Jenkins exhibited at the
Paris Salon
The Salon (french: Salon), or rarely Paris Salon (French: ''Salon de Paris'' ), beginning in 1667 was the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Between 1748 and 1890 it was arguably the greatest annual or biennial art ...
, the
National Academy of Design, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
She also
exhibited her work at the
Palace of Fine Arts
The Palace of Fine Arts is a monumental structure located in the Marina District of San Francisco, California, originally constructed for the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition to exhibit works of art. Completely rebuilt from 1964 to ...
at the 1893
World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois
as well as the
Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition in 1909 in Seattle, Washington.
She taught art and art history at
Pomona College in
Claremont, California
Claremont () is a suburban city on the eastern edge of Los Angeles County, California, United States, east of downtown Los Angeles. It is in the Pomona Valley, at the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. As of the 2010 census it had a popul ...
, from 1905 to 1926.
She helped establish the Art Department at Pomona
and in 1905 she founded ''The Rembrandt Club of Pomona College and Claremont'' to encourage the study of art at the college.
Jenkins died on September 27, 1927,
in Claremont.
Legacy
Jenkins left her art collection to
Claremont College.
In 2008 Jenkins' work was included in the exhibition ''First Generation: Art in Claremont, 1907-1957'' at the Claremont Museum of Art.
Gallery
File:A Meeting at the Mission San Juan Capistrano by Hannah Tempest Jenkins.jpg, ''A Meeting at the Mission San Juan Capistrano''
File:Mrs. Jenkins’ art class, Holmes Hall, c. 1905.jpg, Jenkins' art class, Holmes Hall,
See also
*
Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College
References
External links
*
images of Jenkins' arton askART
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1855 births
1927 deaths
American women painters
19th-century American women artists
20th-century American women artists
19th-century American painters
20th-century American painters
Painters from Philadelphia
Pomona College faculty
People from Claremont, California
American women academics