Alice Chittenden was a painter based in San Francisco, California who specialized in flowers, portraits, and landscapes. Her life's work was a collection of botanicals depicting California wildflowers.
Alice was born in Brockport, New York in 1859 to Joseph Gladding Chittenden and Mariam Green. Her parents had settled in San Francisco in 1858 from New York, but her mother returned to New York to await her birth.
Her father worked in wood mills in San Francisco.
She attended Denman Grammar School and won a silver medal for being at the top of her class when she graduated in 1876. While studying for two years with Virgil Williams at the School of Design (later known as the California School of Fine Arts and, today, San Francisco Art Institute) she received medals for both drawing and painting.
She married Charles P. Overton in 1886 but left him and returned to her parents home in 1887, a few months before her daughter Miriam Overton was born in 1887. Charles P. Overton became vice president and manager of the Union Fish Company in San Francisco.
Alice was the teacher of the Saturday class at the California School of Fine Arts from 1897 until her retirement in 1941. She was an early member of the School Board and of the San Francisco Art Association. She was one of the first women to serve as a juror in Art Association shows.
Alice painted throughout her life. Although she did travel to the East Coast of the United States and to Europe during her life, her career was rooted in San Francisco where she was considered the "Grand Dame" of Nineteenth Century San Francisco women artists.
She created many paintings of flowers, especially roses, chrysanthemums, and peonies. Her life's work was a series of more than 256 botanical paintings of California wildflowers executed over a period of 50 years. She gathered many specimens herself locally in the San Francisco Bay Area but also during long trips to the Sierra Nevada Mountains or the deserts of Southern California. These studies were painted using oils on paper. She received assistance from her friend Alice Eastwood, who was the curator of botany at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.
She also painted many portraits, including portraits of Robert Gordon Sproul, President of the University of California, Judge and John H. Boalt who donated funds to build the first Boalt Hall which houses the University of California School of Law at UC Berkeley. She also painted many landscapes and beach scenes.
She exhibited at National Academy of Design in New York and the Salon of Société des Artistes Français in Paris. Two of her paintings were exhibited at the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893.
Some of the awards she received include:
Gold medal for Flower Painting: San Francisco Exposition of Arts and Industries, 1891
Two Silver Medals: California State Fair, 1891–92
Silver Medal: San Francisco Industrial Exposition, 1893
Silver Medal: California Mid Winter International Exposition, 1894
Silver Medal: World Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1902–03
Silver Medal: Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of Seattle, 1909
Silver Medal: Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition of Portland, 1905
Alice was born in Brockport, New York in 1859 to Joseph Gladding Chittenden and Mariam Green. Her parents had settled in San Francisco in 1858 from New York, but her mother returned to New York to await her birth.
Her father worked in wood mills in San Francisco.
She attended Denman Grammar School and won a silver medal for being at the top of her class when she graduated in 1876. While studying for two years with Virgil Williams at the School of Design (later known as the California School of Fine Arts and, today, San Francisco Art Institute) she received medals for both drawing and painting.
She married Charles P. Overton in 1886 but left him and returned to her parents home in 1887, a few months before her daughter Miriam Overton was born in 1887. Charles P. Overton became vice president and manager of the Union Fish Company in San Francisco.
Alice was the teacher of the Saturday class at the California School of Fine Arts from 1897 until her retirement in 1941. She was an early member of the School Board and of the San Francisco Art Association. She was one of the first women to serve as a juror in Art Association shows.
Alice painted throughout her life. Although she did travel to the East Coast of the United States and to Europe during her life, her career was rooted in San Francisco where she was considered the "Grand Dame" of Nineteenth Century San Francisco women artists.
She created many paintings of flowers, especially roses, chrysanthemums, and peonies. Her life's work was a series of more than 256 botanical paintings of California wildflowers executed over a period of 50 years. She gathered many specimens herself locally in the San Francisco Bay Area but also during long trips to the Sierra Nevada Mountains or the deserts of Southern California. These studies were painted using oils on paper. She received assistance from her friend Alice Eastwood, who was the curator of botany at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.
She also painted many portraits, including portraits of Robert Gordon Sproul, President of the University of California, Judge and John H. Boalt who donated funds to build the first Boalt Hall which houses the University of California School of Law at UC Berkeley. She also painted many landscapes and beach scenes.
She exhibited at National Academy of Design in New York and the Salon of Société des Artistes Français in Paris. Two of her paintings were exhibited at the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893.
Some of the awards she received include:
Gold medal for Flower Painting: San Francisco Exposition of Arts and Industries, 1891
Two Silver Medals: California State Fair, 1891–92
Silver Medal: San Francisco Industrial Exposition, 1893
Silver Medal: California Mid Winter International Exposition, 1894
Silver Medal: World Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1902–03
Silver Medal: Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of Seattle, 1909
Silver Medal: Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition of Portland, 1905
Alice Chittenden was a painter based in San Francisco, California who specialized in flowers, portraits, and landscapes. Her life's work was a collection of botanicals depicting California wildflowers.
Alice was born in Brockport, New York in 1859 to Joseph Gladding Chittenden and Mariam Green. Her parents had settled in San Francisco in 1858 from New York, but her mother returned to New York to await her birth.
Her father worked in wood mills in San Francisco.
She attended Denman Grammar School and won a silver medal for being at the top of her class when she graduated in 1876. While studying for two years with Virgil Williams at the School of Design (later known as the California School of Fine Arts and, today, San Francisco Art Institute) she received medals for both drawing and painting.
She married Charles P. Overton in 1886 but left him and returned to her parents home in 1887, a few months before her daughter Miriam Overton was born in 1887. Charles P. Overton became vice president and manager of the Union Fish Company in San Francisco.
Alice was the teacher of the Saturday class at the California School of Fine Arts from 1897 until her retirement in 1941. She was an early member of the School Board and of the San Francisco Art Association. She was one of the first women to serve as a juror in Art Association shows.
Alice painted throughout her life. Although she did travel to the East Coast of the United States and to Europe during her life, her career was rooted in San Francisco where she was considered the "Grand Dame" of Nineteenth Century San Francisco women artists.
She created many paintings of flowers, especially roses, chrysanthemums, and peonies. Her life's work was a series of more than 256 botanical paintings of California wildflowers executed over a period of 50 years. She gathered many specimens herself locally in the San Francisco Bay Area but also during long trips to the Sierra Nevada Mountains or the deserts of Southern California. These studies were painted using oils on paper. She received assistance from her friend Alice Eastwood, who was the curator of botany at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.
She also painted many portraits, including portraits of Robert Gordon Sproul, President of the University of California, Judge and John H. Boalt who donated funds to build the first Boalt Hall which houses the University of California School of Law at UC Berkeley. She also painted many landscapes and beach scenes.
She exhibited at National Academy of Design in New York and the Salon of Société des Artistes Français in Paris. Two of her paintings were exhibited at the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893.
Some of the awards she received include:
Gold medal for Flower Painting: San Francisco Exposition of Arts and Industries, 1891
Two Silver Medals: California State Fair, 1891–92
Silver Medal: San Francisco Industrial Exposition, 1893
Silver Medal: California Mid Winter International Exposition, 1894
Silver Medal: World Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1902–03
Silver Medal: Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of Seattle, 1909
Silver Medal: Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition of Portland, 1905
Alice was born in Brockport, New York in 1859 to Joseph Gladding Chittenden and Mariam Green. Her parents had settled in San Francisco in 1858 from New York, but her mother returned to New York to await her birth.
Her father worked in wood mills in San Francisco.
She attended Denman Grammar School and won a silver medal for being at the top of her class when she graduated in 1876. While studying for two years with Virgil Williams at the School of Design (later known as the California School of Fine Arts and, today, San Francisco Art Institute) she received medals for both drawing and painting.
She married Charles P. Overton in 1886 but left him and returned to her parents home in 1887, a few months before her daughter Miriam Overton was born in 1887. Charles P. Overton became vice president and manager of the Union Fish Company in San Francisco.
Alice was the teacher of the Saturday class at the California School of Fine Arts from 1897 until her retirement in 1941. She was an early member of the School Board and of the San Francisco Art Association. She was one of the first women to serve as a juror in Art Association shows.
Alice painted throughout her life. Although she did travel to the East Coast of the United States and to Europe during her life, her career was rooted in San Francisco where she was considered the "Grand Dame" of Nineteenth Century San Francisco women artists.
She created many paintings of flowers, especially roses, chrysanthemums, and peonies. Her life's work was a series of more than 256 botanical paintings of California wildflowers executed over a period of 50 years. She gathered many specimens herself locally in the San Francisco Bay Area but also during long trips to the Sierra Nevada Mountains or the deserts of Southern California. These studies were painted using oils on paper. She received assistance from her friend Alice Eastwood, who was the curator of botany at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.
She also painted many portraits, including portraits of Robert Gordon Sproul, President of the University of California, Judge and John H. Boalt who donated funds to build the first Boalt Hall which houses the University of California School of Law at UC Berkeley. She also painted many landscapes and beach scenes.
She exhibited at National Academy of Design in New York and the Salon of Société des Artistes Français in Paris. Two of her paintings were exhibited at the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893.
Some of the awards she received include:
Gold medal for Flower Painting: San Francisco Exposition of Arts and Industries, 1891
Two Silver Medals: California State Fair, 1891–92
Silver Medal: San Francisco Industrial Exposition, 1893
Silver Medal: California Mid Winter International Exposition, 1894
Silver Medal: World Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1902–03
Silver Medal: Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of Seattle, 1909
Silver Medal: Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition of Portland, 1905
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