Christine Herter Kendall

Christine Herter Kendall (August 25, 1890 – June 22, 1981) was an American painter.

Kendall was born in Irvington-on-Hudson, New York,[1] and grew up in a musical and artistic family in New York City. She studied art in that city and in Paris before enrolling at Yale University, from which she earned a BA in 1915. Among her instructors there was William Kendall, whom she would later marry, and with whom she would move to the Garth Newel estate in Bath County, Virginia. William died in 1938, and Christine remained active in the local community, cofounding the Bath County Regional Art Show in 1964. With members of the Rowe String Quartet she established the Garth Newel Music Center in 1973. She bequeathed the house to the music center upon her death.[2]

Kendall won a number of awards during her career. These included the popular vote prize from the Newport Art Association in 1915; the second Hallgarten prize from the National Academy of Design in 1916; and a prize from the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors in 1922. She belonged to the latter association and the Newport Art Association, as well as to the New York Watercolor Club, and the American Federation of Arts.[1] She was named one of the Virginia Women in History for 2014.[2] Kendall's first cousin was Christian Herter.[3] Garth Newel was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Jules Heller; Nancy G. Heller (19 December 2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-63882-5.
  2. 1 2 "Virginia Women in History 2014 Christine Herter Kendall". Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Garth Newel Music Center - Garth Newel History". Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 6/17/13 through 6/21/13. National Park Service. 2013-06-28.


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