Aarestrup , Marie Helene. Born at Flekkefjord, Norway, She excelled in genre and portrait painting. Abbatt , Agnes Dean. Member of American Water Color Society. Abbema , Mme. Pupil of Chaplin, Henner, and Carolus-Duran. This artist has also executed numerous decorations for ceilings and decorative panels for private houses. Her picture of "Breakfast in the Conservatory" is in the Museum of Pau.
Abbema wears her hair short, and affects such absolute simplicity in her costume that at first sight she reminds one of a charming young man. In no other direction, however, is there a masculine touch about this delightful artist. She has feminine grace, a love for poetry, a passion for flowers, which she often introduces in her pictures; she has, in short, a truly womanly character, which'appears in the refinement and attractiveness of her work. Abbott , Katherine G.
Bronze medal, Paris Exposition, ; honorable mention, Buffalo Exposition, Acille-Fould , Mile. Medal, third class, Versailles, ; honorable mention, Paris Salon, ; medal, third class, ; medal, second class, ; Hors Concours; bronze medal at Paris Exposition, A painter of figure subjects and portraits. Several of her works are in private collections in the United States.
This artist, when still in short skirts, sent her first picture, "In the Market Place," to the Salon of She is most industrious, and her history, as she herself insists, is in her pictures. She has been surrounded by a sympathetic and artistic atmosphere. Her mother was an art critic, who, before her second marriage to Prince Stirberg, signed her articles Gustave Haller. He is a fine gentleman to whom a bevy of young girls is devoted, tying his ribbons, and evidently admiring him and his exquisite costume.
The girls are smiling and much amused, while the young man has an air of immense satisfaction. At the Salon of Mile. Fould exhibited "La Chatouilleuse"—Tickling—and " Nasturtiums. It is less attractive than many of this artist's pictures.
