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Christine Sloan Bredin

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Christine Sloan Bredin
Catherine Bredin painted by Rae Sloan Bredin
Born
Christine Sloan

1860 (1860)
Butler, Pennsylvania
Died1934 (aged 73–74)
NationalityAmerican
Known forPainting, Illustration, Educator
SpouseStephen C. Bredin[1]

Christine Sloan Bredin (1860–1934) was an American painter, illustrator, and teacher.[2]

Biography

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Bredin née Sloan was born in 1860[2] in Butler, Pennsylvania.[3] She attended the Cincinnati Academy of Art[4] and the Académie Colarossi.[3] She also studied with Carl von Marr in Munich, Germany.[4] Her son was the Pennsylvania Impressionist, Rae Sloan Bredin.[1]

Bredin exhibited her work at the Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[4] She also exhibited at the Cotton States and International Exposition in 1895 in Atlanta, Georgia. At that time she shared a studio with fellow artist Annie G. Sykes.[3]

Bredin taught at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.[4] She was a member of The Plastic Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[4] and a charter member of the Cincinnati Women's Art Club.[1]

She died in 1934.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Weidman, Jeffrey; Library, Oberlin College (2000). Artists in Ohio, 1787-1900: A Biographical Dictionary. Kent State University Press. p. 131. ISBN 9780873386166.
  2. ^ a b c "Christine Bredin". AskArt. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "Christine S. Bredin". Artprice. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d e Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 24 December 2018.