Josephine Maria Logan, known as Lillie (sometimes Lily) (October 2, 1843 — 1923) was an American painter and instructor, active for many years in Richmond, Virginia. She has been described as "probably Richmond's most esteemed teacher of art" in the late nineteenth century.[1]
Life
editLogan was born at Melbrook plantation in Charleston, South Carolina.[2] One of fifteen children born to George William Logan and Anna D'Oyley Glover Logan, she was the niece of physician Thomas Muldrup Logan[3] and a sister of the Confederate General of the same name.[4] At the outbreak of the American Civil War her family moved from Charleston to Columbia in an attempt to preserve their property from destruction; however, when William Tecumseh Sherman burned the town, their house was one of those destroyed during the raid.[3] Logan went on to study art, traveling to Rome in 1882 and remaining until 1888; her instructor there was Giuseppe Ferrari. Upon moving to Richmond, Logan began teaching her classes in the Allan House, Moldavia,[1] which had been the boyhood home of Edgar Allan Poe.[5] In 1894 she opened a new studio at 410 West Franklin Street. In 1904 she went to North Carolina, where she lived for a time before returning to Richmond, where she died.[1] Logan's pupils included Edyth Carter Beveridge,[6] Adele Goodman Clark, and Nora Houston.[7] Some of her work may be found in the collection of The Valentine.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Raleigh Lewis Wright (1983). Artists in Virginia before 1900: an annotated checklist. University Press of Virginia. ISBN 978-0-8139-0998-1.
- ^ George William Logan (1923). A Record of the Logan Family of Charleston, South Carolina. Lily Logan Morrill. pp. 67–.
- ^ a b "Lillie Logan - Artist, Fine Art Prices, Auction Records for Lillie Logan". www.askart.com. Retrieved Sep 3, 2019.
- ^ "NY Times obituary for Thomas M. Logan" (PDF). The New York Times. August 12, 1914. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
- ^ Keshia A. Case; Christopher P. Semtner (2009). Edgar Allan Poe in Richmond. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 27–. ISBN 978-0-7385-6714-3.
- ^ John T. Kneebone (1998). Dictionary of Virginia Biography: Aaroe-Blanchfield. Library of Virginia. ISBN 978-0-88490-189-1.
- ^ Kollatz, Harry Jr. (May 26, 2011). "An Artist's Creation". richmondmagazine.com. Retrieved Sep 3, 2019.
