Rosina Cox Boardman (1878–1970) was an American painter of portrait miniatures and botanical illustrations.

Early life

Born in New York City in 1878, Boardman was a descendant of several of the oldest families in the state, including the Livingstons and Schuylers. She studied at the Art Students League of New York, the New York School of Applied Design, and the Chase School of Art; among her instructors were

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, and Alice Beckington.

Career

She often showed her work and won prizes, including, in 1930 and 1938, the Levantia White Boardman Memorial Medal of the American Society of Miniature Painters, which she had endowed in honor of her mother. In 1933, she was called by ''

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'' Magazine one of the best miniaturists in the country due to her application of contemporary techniques, such as those learned from Virginia Richmond Reynolds. She was described as a rebel. When the American Society of Miniature Painters disbanded in 1965 it was Boardman who, along with

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, negotiated the gift of twenty-two miniatures from its members to the

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. Boardman died in Huntington, New York.

Prominent collections

Two works by Boardman, including a self-portrait, are in the collection of the

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. Others are found in the collections of

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, the

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, and the

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. A portrait of Boardman by her teacher Alice Beckington is owned by the Smithsonian American Art Museum, which also owns portraits of her by Lydia Longacre and

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. It also owns a single work by Boardman herself, ''The Green Ring'' of 1935.

References

1878 births 1970 deaths American portrait painters American women painters 20th-century American painters 20th-century American women artists Painters from New York City Portrait miniaturists Art Students League of New York alumni New York School of Applied Design for Women alumni Parsons School of Design alumni {{US-painter-1870s-stub