__NOTOC__ Frances Fowler (June 1864 – June 5, 1943) was an American

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, notable as a student of

Ella Sophonisba Hergesheimer Ella Sophonisba Hergesheimer (January 7, 1873 – June 24, 1943) was an American illustrator, painter, and printmaker who painted and illustrated Tennessee society, including the state's women and children. As a printmaker, she pioneered the w ...

. The daughter of F.C. and Harriett (Reese) Herrick, she studied at

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before marrying Edward Fowler, a

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judge in 1895. After his death in 1908, she returned to Bowling Green to study with Hergesheimer. She traveled extensively throughout

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and

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to study art. She died in Bowling Green in 1943.

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