Alice Ruggles Sohier
American painter (1880–1969)
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Alice Ruggles Sohier (1880–1969)[1][2] was an American artist, known for paintings of figures, portraits, still lifes, and landscapes.[3] She was an active artist between 1900 until around c.1959.[4]
1880
Alice Ruggles Sohier | |
|---|---|
| Born | Alice Ruggles 1880 |
| Died | 1969 (aged 88–89) |
| Other name | Alice Sohier |
| Education | Art Students' League of Buffalo, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
| Occupation | Painter |
| Spouse | Louis Amory Sohier |
Life
Alice Ruggles was born in 1880. The daughter of Frederick Huntington and Ruth Alice Swan,[5] raised in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. She graduated high school in 1899. From 1900 until 1902, Sohier attended Art Students League of Buffalo,[6] studying under Lucius Wolcott Hitchcock.
During his second year at Harvard, future US President Franklin D. Roosevelt briefly courted Sohier before proposing to her. Sohier turned down his proposal.[7]
In 1904, she studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (Museum School), with Edmund C. Tarbell and Frank Weston Benson.[4] In 1907, she was awarded the Paige Traveling Scholarship, allowing her two years to travel throughout Europe.[4]
In 1913, she married engineer, Louis Amory Sohier of Concord.[4] The couple moved first to Pennsylvania then later to Concord, Massachusetts.[4] She taught art classes at Concord Academy.[8] She was an early member of The Guild of Boston Artists.[9][10][11][12]
She died in May 1969 in Concord, Massachusetts.[1]
Her work is included in many public museum collections, including Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,[13] Butler Institute of American Art,[14] Zanesville Museum of Art,[15] Frick Art Reference Library,[16] among others