List of women artists exhibited at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition

Women artists competing for awards at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition submitted their work to juries at appropriate buildings. Women artists were represented in the Palace of Fine Arts, along with their fellow countrymen.[1][2] Women exhibited painting and sculpture throughout the Fair.[2]

The Woman's Building did not have a juried exhibition, but lobbied to have artists of the day submit their work for the "Court of Honor".[3] Women also contributed to the decoration and statuary throughout the Woman's Building.[4][5]

Floor Plan of the Palace of Fine Arts, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893
Floor Plan and Ground Plan of The Woman's Building, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893

Women artists in the Palace of Fine Arts

List of Women artist exhibiting at the Palace of Fine Arts, by country.

Austria
B
F
L
  • Hermine Lang-Laris – painting
W

Belgium
A
B
C
D
  • Marguerite Dielman – painting
G
  • Hélène Gevers – painting
H
M
R
  • Félicie Ransy-Putzeys – painting
  • Alice Ronner – painting
  • Augusta Rozsmann – painting
V
  • Emma de Vigne – painting
W

Canada
D
E
M
R
S

Denmark
A
D
F
  • Edma Froelich Stage – painting
H
K
L
  • Mimi Schwartzkopf Larsen – painting
P
T
W

France
B
C
D
H
I
L
P
  • Gabrielle Poynot – painting
R
W

Germany
B
  • Hermine Biedermann-Arendts – painting
C
G
  • Fanny Edle von Geiger-Weishaupt – painting
H
L
R
S

Great Britain
A
B
C
D
F
G
J
L
M
O
P
R
S
T
W
T

Holland
A
B
H
M
R
S

Italy

Norway
B
F
K
R
S
T

Russia
D
P
W
  • Helena Wrangel (Elena Karlovna Vrangel) – painting

Spain
A
P
  • Maria Pirala – painting

Sweden
B
C
G
H
J
K
M
S
W

United States
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
J
K
L
M
N
P
R
S
T
V
W

Women artists in the Woman's Building

List of Women artists exhibiting at the Woman's Building, by country.

Austria
B
  • Minna Budinsky – painting
E
F
K
L
M
P
S
W

Belgium
A
B
C
H
L
  • Fanny Laumans – painting
M
R
  • Félicie Ransy-Putzeys – painting
W

Cuba
M
  • Elvira Martinez de Melero – painting

Denmark
L
  • Louise (Queen of Denmark) – painting

France
A
B
C
D
G
H
I
L
M
R
T
  • Marguerite Turner – painting
V
Z

Germany
B
C
F
  • Clara Elisabeth Fischer – painting
H
K
L
P
R
S
W

Great Britain
B
G
J
M
O
P
R
W

Japan
A
  • Giokushi Atomi – painting
S

Mexico
  • Julia Escalante – painting

Russia
B
I
  • Princess A. Imeretinsky – painting
K
  • Sophia Ivanovna Kramskaya – painting
O
  • Mlle. T. Olsonfieff – painting
S
  • Princess Mary Schahovskoy-Strechneff – sculpture

Spain
A
B
F
G
P
  • Maria Pirala – painting
R

United States
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
S
U
  • Cora Estelle Uhler – painting
V
W
Y

Unknown
  • Adelaide Manan – sculpture

Women artists elsewhere at the exposition

List of Women artists elsewhere at the exposition, by country.

France
C
F
R

Sweden

United States
B
C
D
F
G
H
J
K
L
M
R
  • Mary Herrick Ross – painting
S
V
W
Y
  • Interior Of Palace Of Fine Arts — Official Views Of The World's Columbian Exposition
  • Woman's Building, Interior, William Henry Jackson, 1893

References
  1. Department of Publicity and Promotion (1893). World's Columbian Exposition, 1893: official catalogue. Part X. Department K. Fine arts. Chicago: W.B. Conkey.
  2. Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  3. Waller, Susan (1991). Women artists in the modern era: a documentary history. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 157. ISBN 0810824051.
  4. Elliott, Maud Howe (1893). Art and handicraft in the Woman's building of the World's Columbian exposition. Rand, McNally.
  5. Weimann, Jeanne Madeline (1981). The fair women: [the story of the Woman's Building World's Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893]. Chicago: Academy Chicago. ISBN 0915864673.
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