Caroline L. Ormes Ransom
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Caroline L. Ormes Ransom | |
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| Born | 1826 Newark, Ohio |
| Died | February 18, 1910 (aged 83–84) Washington D.C. |
| Known for | Painting |
Caroline L. Ormes Ransom (1826–1910) was an American painter known for her portraits.
Ransom was born in Newark, Ohio in 1826.[1][2] She attended Grand River Institute in Austinburg, Ohio.[3] She them moved to New York City where she studied landscape painting with Asher Brown Durand. She studied portraiture with Thomas Hicks and Daniel Huntington.[4][3] Ransom traveled to Munich, Germany where she studied with Wilhelm von Kaulbach.[5]
In 1861 Ransom set up a studio in Cleveland. She also was frequently in Washington, D.C where she worked on portrait commissions.[3] In 1884 she moved to Washington, D.C. where she lived until her death on February 18, 1910.[4]
Notable subjects include Alexander Hamilton[5] and Joshua Reed Giddings.[4] Her portrait Mrs. Goss is in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.[6] Her portrait of Civil War nurse Harriet Patience Dame was hung in the New Hampshire State House gallery, making Dame the first woman so honored.[7] Ransom was a friend of James and Lucretia Garfield, and several of her works belonged to the Garfield family; a number of pieces are currently displayed at the James A. Garfield National Historic Site.[8]
