Ida Josephine Burgess (January 5, 1855 – 1934) was an American artist known for her paintings, murals, and stained glass.

Biography

Burgess was born on January 5, 1855, in Chicago, Illinois. She studied at

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and the

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where her teachers included

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and

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. She continued her studies in France, eventually exhibiting at the

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in 1885. Burgess exhibited her art in the Illinois State Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, including the mural for the women's reception room of the Illinois State Building. She subsequently decorated parts of Lunt Hall Library (now the Department of Mathematics building) at Northwestern University, specifically the entrance hall, the book room, and the reading room. She exhibited her art at the

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from 1892 through 1903. She was a member of the

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, the New York Women's Art Club, the National Association of Women Artists, Painters, Sculptors, and the

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, New York. She died in July 1934 in New York City.

References

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