Caroline Armington

Caroline Helena Armington (1875–1939) was a Canadian born artist.

Caroline Helena Armington
Born(1875-09-11)September 11, 1875
Brampton, Ontario, Canada
DiedOctober 25, 1939(1939-10-25) (aged 64)
New York, New York
NationalityCanadian
EducationAcademie Julian
Known forPainting, Printmaking
Spouse(s)Frank Milton Armington
Signature

Armington worked in a number of mediums including a large body (551) of etchings. Her main practice consisted of painting and printmaking. In addition to being an artist, she also trained at Guelph General Hospital as a nurse.[1]

Biography

Caroline Helena Wilkinson was born on September 11, 1875 in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.[2] From 1892 to 1899 she took art studies under J. W. L. Forster.[3] She traveled to New York in 1899, where she worked as a nurse.[3] The following year she sailed to Europe and married Frank Armington.[4] She moved back to Canada in 1900–01.[5]

From 1905 to 1910, the couple returned to study in Paris at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière and Académie Julian.[6] In 1908, Caroline's painting "Paysanne Hollandaise" was accepted at the Salon des Artistes Francais' annual exhibition, held at the Grand Palais, Paris.[7] They assisted the American Ambulance Hospital in Paris from 1914 to 1918, with Caroline working as a nurse and Frank as an orderly.[8] Armington's etching of Bayeux Cathedral was the May 1924 cover of Brooklyn Life magazine.[9] According to the magazine article, collections of her etchings were in the following museums at the time: Luxembourg and Petit Palais, Paris; British Museum and South Kensington Museum, London; Bibliographic de Belgique, Brussels; Liege; New York Public Library; National Gallery, Ottawa, Canada.[9]

"Paysanne Hollandaise (Dutch Peasant)", 1907, by Caroline H. Armington (private collection, Toronto, Ontario)
The Bridge and Notre Dame, by Caroline Armington

Armington left Paris in 1939 and moved to New York.[10] She died there on October 25, 1939.[11]

References
  1. "Canadian Women Artists: Artist Database, Armington, Caroline". Canadian Women Artists History Initiative. CWAHI. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  2. Downs 1941, p. 391.
  3. Braide & Parke-Taylor 1990, p. 17.
  4. Braide & Parke-Taylor 1990, p. 18.
  5. Baker 2016.
  6. Braide & Parke-Taylor 1990, p. 19.
  7. Catalogue illustré du Salon. Paris: Société des Artistes Français. 1908. ISBN 9780969427407. OCLC 45681488.
  8. Braide & Parke-Taylor 1990, p. 41.
  9. "Concerning This Weeks Cover Cut". Brooklyn Life. 24 May 1924. p. 20 – via newspapers.com.
  10. Braide & Parke-Taylor 1990, p. 74.
  11. Downs 1941, p. 392.

Sources and further reading
  • www.artistarchive.com A catalogue of over 550 prints, many with images.
  • pamascollection The Caroline and Frank Armington Collection at Peel Art Gallery Museum + Archives
  • Caroline Armington etchings A compilation of 635 titles of Caroline Armington etchings (from Caroline Armington etching record books and other sources)
  • Public Collections(Museums, galleries, libraries and public collections which have one or more Caroline Armington’s prints in their collection)
  • Signatures (A compilation of Caroline Armington’ signatures and initials found on her prints)
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