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Margaret Western <I>Stickney</I> Kendall

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Margaret Western Stickney Kendall

Birth
Staten Island, Richmond County, New York, USA
Death
27 Apr 1933 (aged 61)
Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
Burial
Sparkill, Rockland County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section A - Plot 101
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Wife of William Sergeant Kendall — Married 16 February 1896 (to 15 Jul 1921)
Mother of Elisabeth Kendall, Beatrice Kendall and Alison Kendall

1892. Returns to New York. Teaches a women's painting class at the Cooper Union, in addition to instructing at the Art Students League of New York.
1896. Marries his student Margaret Weston Stickney, whom he had met in 1895. Later that year, the couple's first child, Elisabeth, is born on Gerrish Island off the coast of Maine, where the couple had spent the summer painting.
1897-1906. The Kendalls live on Manhattan's west side, first on Twenty-second Street, and then on Forty-second Street, before moving to Barrytown on the Hudson River.
1900. The End of the Day receives Second Prize at the Worcester Art Institute, the Silver Medal at the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition, a Medal at the Paris Exposition 1900, and the Bronze Medal at the Carnegie Institute.
1901. Wins the Shaw Prize of the Society of American Artists for A Fairy Tale. Elected an Associate of the National Academy of Design.
1902. Beatrice, Kendall's second daughter, is born. A Fairy Tale wins Second Prize at the Worcester Art Museum.
1904. A Fairy Tale wins the Gold Medal at the St. Louis Exposition.
1905. Elected an Academician of the National Academy of Design.
1906. The Seer is bought by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Beatrice is bought by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
1907. Alison, Kendall's third daughter, is born. Interlude is bought by the National Gallery of American Art. Narcissa is bought by the Corcoran Gallery and later receives the Harris Prize of the Chicago Art Institute in 1908.
1908. Accepts a teaching position at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Also teaches classes at the Carnegie Institute. Mischief receives the Isidor Medal at the National Academy of Design, and is purchased for the Peabody Institute, Baltimore.
1909. Psyche is bought by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
1910. Devotion is awarded the Gold Medal at the Panama Pacific Exposition. Alison is exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago and wins the Potter Palmer Gold Medal. The painting is later bought by the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy (now the Albright-Knox Art Gallery) in 1922. The Kendalls move to Newport, Rhode Island.
1911. Penumbra is bought by Walter Lippincott of Philadelphia.
1912. Intermezzo is bought by the Rhode Island School of Design. Crosslights is bought by the Detroit Museum of Art.
1913. Kendall succeeds John Ferguson Weir as head of the department of fine arts at Yale University, and the family moves to New Haven, Connecticut. A Child and a Mirror is bought by the Detroit Art Club, later given to the Detroit Museum of Art.
1915. Quest wins the Silver Medal for sculpture at the Panama Pacific Exhibition.
1917. Kendall exhibits A Sphinx at the Century Club in New York of which he's a member.
1918. Phantastmata, Les Gracieuses, and Portrait of Beatrice are exhibited at the Century Club.
1918. Kendall paints A Child, which wins the Butler Prize at the Chicago Art Institute.
1922. Kendall resigns from Yale to devote himself exclusively to portrait and landscape painting. On July 25, Kendall's wife obtains a divorce in Paris. In the fall, Kendall marries Christine Herter, a former student and friend. In December the couple takes up residence at Gramercy Farm, Hot Springs, Virginia.
Wife of William Sergeant Kendall — Married 16 February 1896 (to 15 Jul 1921)
Mother of Elisabeth Kendall, Beatrice Kendall and Alison Kendall

1892. Returns to New York. Teaches a women's painting class at the Cooper Union, in addition to instructing at the Art Students League of New York.
1896. Marries his student Margaret Weston Stickney, whom he had met in 1895. Later that year, the couple's first child, Elisabeth, is born on Gerrish Island off the coast of Maine, where the couple had spent the summer painting.
1897-1906. The Kendalls live on Manhattan's west side, first on Twenty-second Street, and then on Forty-second Street, before moving to Barrytown on the Hudson River.
1900. The End of the Day receives Second Prize at the Worcester Art Institute, the Silver Medal at the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition, a Medal at the Paris Exposition 1900, and the Bronze Medal at the Carnegie Institute.
1901. Wins the Shaw Prize of the Society of American Artists for A Fairy Tale. Elected an Associate of the National Academy of Design.
1902. Beatrice, Kendall's second daughter, is born. A Fairy Tale wins Second Prize at the Worcester Art Museum.
1904. A Fairy Tale wins the Gold Medal at the St. Louis Exposition.
1905. Elected an Academician of the National Academy of Design.
1906. The Seer is bought by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Beatrice is bought by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
1907. Alison, Kendall's third daughter, is born. Interlude is bought by the National Gallery of American Art. Narcissa is bought by the Corcoran Gallery and later receives the Harris Prize of the Chicago Art Institute in 1908.
1908. Accepts a teaching position at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Also teaches classes at the Carnegie Institute. Mischief receives the Isidor Medal at the National Academy of Design, and is purchased for the Peabody Institute, Baltimore.
1909. Psyche is bought by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
1910. Devotion is awarded the Gold Medal at the Panama Pacific Exposition. Alison is exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago and wins the Potter Palmer Gold Medal. The painting is later bought by the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy (now the Albright-Knox Art Gallery) in 1922. The Kendalls move to Newport, Rhode Island.
1911. Penumbra is bought by Walter Lippincott of Philadelphia.
1912. Intermezzo is bought by the Rhode Island School of Design. Crosslights is bought by the Detroit Museum of Art.
1913. Kendall succeeds John Ferguson Weir as head of the department of fine arts at Yale University, and the family moves to New Haven, Connecticut. A Child and a Mirror is bought by the Detroit Art Club, later given to the Detroit Museum of Art.
1915. Quest wins the Silver Medal for sculpture at the Panama Pacific Exhibition.
1917. Kendall exhibits A Sphinx at the Century Club in New York of which he's a member.
1918. Phantastmata, Les Gracieuses, and Portrait of Beatrice are exhibited at the Century Club.
1918. Kendall paints A Child, which wins the Butler Prize at the Chicago Art Institute.
1922. Kendall resigns from Yale to devote himself exclusively to portrait and landscape painting. On July 25, Kendall's wife obtains a divorce in Paris. In the fall, Kendall marries Christine Herter, a former student and friend. In December the couple takes up residence at Gramercy Farm, Hot Springs, Virginia.


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