Charlotte "Chim" Calwell Stokes, 93, formerly of Mount Airy, an accomplished artist and horticulturist whose sculpture of dancing children is on exhibit at the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, died of heart failure March 18 at Cathedral Village, a retirement community in Roxborough.
Mrs. Stokes' bronze bust of a Blackfoot chief is part of the Montana Historical Society's collection and currently in the governor's office in Helena, Mont. Other sculptures are in private collections, and some decorate Cathedral Village, where she had lived for 17 years. Her last work, a boy sitting on a rock and holding a frog, was installed on the grounds last year.
Mrs. Stokes' art, such as a painting of umbrellas in England, was often inspired by her travels abroad, her son Frank said. Her 1950s painting of a crane's demolishing buildings on Independence Mall is owned by the National Constitution Center.
She illustrated Divers and Snorkelers Guide to the Fishes and Sea Life of the Caribbean, Florida, Bahamas and Bermuda, which was written by her husband, F. Joseph Jr. In 2000, she wrote and illustrated the book How to Build Fairy Houses.
Mrs. Stokes collected children's literature and gardening books, donating many to the Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion in Germantown. The elaborate mansion, built by a textile merchant in 1859, had fallen into disrepair by the 1950s. Mrs. Stokes and other volunteers saved it from the auction block, had it included on the National Register of Historic Places, and re-created the gardens.
She wrote a monograph, Documentation of the Victorian Gardens at the Ebenezer Maxwell Garden, and was past president of the Ebenezer Maxwell Board.
Mrs. Stokes was a member of the Germantown Garden Club and involved with the club's entries in the Philadelphia Flower Show. Her own garden in Mount Airy was frequently open for tours, her son said.
From 1965 to 1975, Mrs. Stokes was a volunteer guide at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and remained affiliated with the guides until 2007. Her specialty was tapestries, and she often lectured other guides on the subject.
She was also a connoisseur of antique fans and proposed the fan exhibit at the Art Museum in 1988 to coincide with the Fan Association of North America Conference in Philadelphia, which she chaired. In 2005, she donated her collection of 200 fans to the Hand Fan Museum in Healdsburg, Calif.
Mrs. Stokes graduated from Germantown Friends School and attended Connecticut College. She studied art in Italy and at Temple University's Tyler School of Art. She and her husband, a business executive, married in 1935. He died in 1994.
In addition to her son Frank, Mrs. Stokes is survived by another son, Donald; a daughter, Katherine Stokes-Shafer; 10 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
A funeral will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Germantown Friends Meeting, 47 W. Coulter St.
Mrs. Stokes' bronze bust of a Blackfoot chief is part of the Montana Historical Society's collection and currently in the governor's office in Helena, Mont. Other sculptures are in private collections, and some decorate Cathedral Village, where she had lived for 17 years. Her last work, a boy sitting on a rock and holding a frog, was installed on the grounds last year.
Mrs. Stokes' art, such as a painting of umbrellas in England, was often inspired by her travels abroad, her son Frank said. Her 1950s painting of a crane's demolishing buildings on Independence Mall is owned by the National Constitution Center.
She illustrated Divers and Snorkelers Guide to the Fishes and Sea Life of the Caribbean, Florida, Bahamas and Bermuda, which was written by her husband, F. Joseph Jr. In 2000, she wrote and illustrated the book How to Build Fairy Houses.
Mrs. Stokes collected children's literature and gardening books, donating many to the Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion in Germantown. The elaborate mansion, built by a textile merchant in 1859, had fallen into disrepair by the 1950s. Mrs. Stokes and other volunteers saved it from the auction block, had it included on the National Register of Historic Places, and re-created the gardens.
She wrote a monograph, Documentation of the Victorian Gardens at the Ebenezer Maxwell Garden, and was past president of the Ebenezer Maxwell Board.
Mrs. Stokes was a member of the Germantown Garden Club and involved with the club's entries in the Philadelphia Flower Show. Her own garden in Mount Airy was frequently open for tours, her son said.
From 1965 to 1975, Mrs. Stokes was a volunteer guide at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and remained affiliated with the guides until 2007. Her specialty was tapestries, and she often lectured other guides on the subject.
She was also a connoisseur of antique fans and proposed the fan exhibit at the Art Museum in 1988 to coincide with the Fan Association of North America Conference in Philadelphia, which she chaired. In 2005, she donated her collection of 200 fans to the Hand Fan Museum in Healdsburg, Calif.
Mrs. Stokes graduated from Germantown Friends School and attended Connecticut College. She studied art in Italy and at Temple University's Tyler School of Art. She and her husband, a business executive, married in 1935. He died in 1994.
In addition to her son Frank, Mrs. Stokes is survived by another son, Donald; a daughter, Katherine Stokes-Shafer; 10 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
A funeral will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Germantown Friends Meeting, 47 W. Coulter St.
Charlotte "Chim" Calwell Stokes, 93, formerly of Mount Airy, an accomplished artist and horticulturist whose sculpture of dancing children is on exhibit at the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, died of heart failure March 18 at Cathedral Village, a retirement community in Roxborough.
Mrs. Stokes' bronze bust of a Blackfoot chief is part of the Montana Historical Society's collection and currently in the governor's office in Helena, Mont. Other sculptures are in private collections, and some decorate Cathedral Village, where she had lived for 17 years. Her last work, a boy sitting on a rock and holding a frog, was installed on the grounds last year.
Mrs. Stokes' art, such as a painting of umbrellas in England, was often inspired by her travels abroad, her son Frank said. Her 1950s painting of a crane's demolishing buildings on Independence Mall is owned by the National Constitution Center.
She illustrated Divers and Snorkelers Guide to the Fishes and Sea Life of the Caribbean, Florida, Bahamas and Bermuda, which was written by her husband, F. Joseph Jr. In 2000, she wrote and illustrated the book How to Build Fairy Houses.
Mrs. Stokes collected children's literature and gardening books, donating many to the Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion in Germantown. The elaborate mansion, built by a textile merchant in 1859, had fallen into disrepair by the 1950s. Mrs. Stokes and other volunteers saved it from the auction block, had it included on the National Register of Historic Places, and re-created the gardens.
She wrote a monograph, Documentation of the Victorian Gardens at the Ebenezer Maxwell Garden, and was past president of the Ebenezer Maxwell Board.
Mrs. Stokes was a member of the Germantown Garden Club and involved with the club's entries in the Philadelphia Flower Show. Her own garden in Mount Airy was frequently open for tours, her son said.
From 1965 to 1975, Mrs. Stokes was a volunteer guide at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and remained affiliated with the guides until 2007. Her specialty was tapestries, and she often lectured other guides on the subject.
She was also a connoisseur of antique fans and proposed the fan exhibit at the Art Museum in 1988 to coincide with the Fan Association of North America Conference in Philadelphia, which she chaired. In 2005, she donated her collection of 200 fans to the Hand Fan Museum in Healdsburg, Calif.
Mrs. Stokes graduated from Germantown Friends School and attended Connecticut College. She studied art in Italy and at Temple University's Tyler School of Art. She and her husband, a business executive, married in 1935. He died in 1994.
In addition to her son Frank, Mrs. Stokes is survived by another son, Donald; a daughter, Katherine Stokes-Shafer; 10 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
A funeral will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Germantown Friends Meeting, 47 W. Coulter St.
Mrs. Stokes' bronze bust of a Blackfoot chief is part of the Montana Historical Society's collection and currently in the governor's office in Helena, Mont. Other sculptures are in private collections, and some decorate Cathedral Village, where she had lived for 17 years. Her last work, a boy sitting on a rock and holding a frog, was installed on the grounds last year.
Mrs. Stokes' art, such as a painting of umbrellas in England, was often inspired by her travels abroad, her son Frank said. Her 1950s painting of a crane's demolishing buildings on Independence Mall is owned by the National Constitution Center.
She illustrated Divers and Snorkelers Guide to the Fishes and Sea Life of the Caribbean, Florida, Bahamas and Bermuda, which was written by her husband, F. Joseph Jr. In 2000, she wrote and illustrated the book How to Build Fairy Houses.
Mrs. Stokes collected children's literature and gardening books, donating many to the Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion in Germantown. The elaborate mansion, built by a textile merchant in 1859, had fallen into disrepair by the 1950s. Mrs. Stokes and other volunteers saved it from the auction block, had it included on the National Register of Historic Places, and re-created the gardens.
She wrote a monograph, Documentation of the Victorian Gardens at the Ebenezer Maxwell Garden, and was past president of the Ebenezer Maxwell Board.
Mrs. Stokes was a member of the Germantown Garden Club and involved with the club's entries in the Philadelphia Flower Show. Her own garden in Mount Airy was frequently open for tours, her son said.
From 1965 to 1975, Mrs. Stokes was a volunteer guide at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and remained affiliated with the guides until 2007. Her specialty was tapestries, and she often lectured other guides on the subject.
She was also a connoisseur of antique fans and proposed the fan exhibit at the Art Museum in 1988 to coincide with the Fan Association of North America Conference in Philadelphia, which she chaired. In 2005, she donated her collection of 200 fans to the Hand Fan Museum in Healdsburg, Calif.
Mrs. Stokes graduated from Germantown Friends School and attended Connecticut College. She studied art in Italy and at Temple University's Tyler School of Art. She and her husband, a business executive, married in 1935. He died in 1994.
In addition to her son Frank, Mrs. Stokes is survived by another son, Donald; a daughter, Katherine Stokes-Shafer; 10 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
A funeral will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Germantown Friends Meeting, 47 W. Coulter St.
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