Grace Ravlin | |
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Born | 15 April 1873 Kaneville, Illinois |
Died | 25 September 1956 Plano, Illinois |
Nationality | American |
Education | Émile-René Ménard and Lucien Simon in Paris |
Known for | Artworks |
Movement | Orientalist |
Grace Ravlin (15 April 1873 – 25 September 1956) was an American artist, known for painting the exotic locations where she traveled.
A native of Kaneville, Illinois, [1] Ravlin studied under John Vanderpoel at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and under William Merritt Chase at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. [2] In Paris she took lessons with Émile-René Ménard and Lucien Simon. [1] She traveled and painted widely during her time in France, visiting many places both in Europe and in North Africa. [3] She was a member of numerous organizations, including the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, the Société des Peintres Orientalistes Français, and the Salon d'Automne. Among the awards which she received were the third medal at the Amis des Arts of Toulon in 1911; the silver medal at the Panama Pacific International Exposition in 1915; and the Field and Butler prizes at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1922. [1] Besides the Institute, [4] examples of her work may be found in the Musée du Luxembourg, the Newark Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, [1] and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, among others. [5] Ravlin described herself as an "ethnographic painter", and her chief subject was the exotic locations to which she traveled. [2]
Ravlin died in Plano, Illinois. [6] Many of her letters have survived in private archives. [3] In 2018, a 1920 Ravlin painting appeared on Antiques Roadshow, where it was appraised at between $15,000 and $20,000. [7]