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An example of work by Augusta Finkelnburg
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  An exhibitor in the Saint Louis Art League, Augusta Finkelnburg was a landscape painter.
The following is from Nancy Pendery, an artist from Fort Thomas, Kentucky and a relative of the artist:
Augusta, although not married, adopted my mother Emma Stroup in, I believe, 1910 when she was seven years old. Augusta was born in 1863 in Fountain City, Wisconsin. The family originally came from Prussia. She had six siblings, information that came from the 1880 census. She is listed in the "Dictionary of Painters, Sculptors and Engravers, (Printed in France 1911) and in Who's Who in American Art 1938-39.
Her home at this time was Kimmswick, MO. She studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn; in Paris at the Colarossi Academy; Italy, Holland, Spain and England. She studied with Robert Reid, Willard Metcalf, Henry B. Snell (England), Herbert Adams and Arthur W. Dow. She was a member of the St. Louis Art Guild and St. Louis Art League.
Numerous awards are listed in this article in Who's Who. There is a large article about Augusta in the "St. Louis Globe Democrat" newspaper of July 31, 1932 that includes a photo. I have photos of her studio and paintings and Augusta with my mother. They traveled to Assisi, Italy some time around 1910. I have a post card they sent to a friend in St. Louis. According to the article in the "St. Louis Globe Democrat," she made seven trips to Europe. |
This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  Born in Fountain City, WS in 1863 of Prussian parents. Finkelnburg spent most of life in St Louis, MO. She studied at the AIC, Pratt Institute, with Robert Reid, Willard Metcalf, Herbert Snell, Henry Adams, Arthur Dow, and in Paris at Académie Colarossi, Italy, Holland, and England. An Impressionist, she used small brushstrokes and a colorful palette to create landscapes and still lifes. Exh: St Louis Art Museum, 1915; Missouri State Fairs; St Louis Art League, 1930-33; (solo). In: Washington University; State Teachers’ College (Winona, MS); AIC; St Louis High Schools. In: DeYoung Museum. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Census; Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs (Bénézit, E); American Art Annual 1919-33; St Louis Globe Democrat, 7-31-1932; Women Artists in America (Collins & Opitz) 1936-41. | | Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here. |
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Augusta Finkelnburg is also mentioned in these AskART essays:
San Francisco Panama-Pacific Exhibition 1915
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