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Henrietta Augusta Granbery

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Henrietta Augusta Granbery (1829–1927) was an American painter.

Granbery and her younger sister, Virginia, were natives of Norfolk, Virginia, but their family moved north when they were young, settling in New York City.[1] Their uncle was the painter George Granbery.[2] They studied painting in New York City while they taught in Brooklyn;[3] Henrietta was an alumna of West's Seminary, where she was later an instructor.[4] She painted mainly landscapes and still lifes, exhibiting annually at the National Academy of Design from 1861 until 1890. She also showed work at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts[3] and at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia.[4] The sisters, who lived together in Manhattan,[5] continued to teach painting privately; among their pupils was Annie Cooper Boyd.[6]

Granbery's watercolor Peonies in an Oriental Vase from 1891 was included in the inaugural exhibition of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, American Women Artists 1830–1930, in 1987.[3]

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  1. ^ "Biographies in Norfolk County Virginia". Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  2. ^ Raleigh Lewis Wright (1983). Artists in Virginia before 1900: an annotated checklist. University Press of Virginia. ISBN 978-0-8139-0998-1.
  3. ^ a b c Eleanor Tufts; National Museum of Women in the Arts (U.S.); International Exhibitions Foundation (1987). American women artists, 1830–1930. International Exhibitions Foundation for the National Museum of Women in the Arts. ISBN 978-0-940979-01-7.
  4. ^ a b Jules Heller; Nancy G. Heller (19 December 2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Taylor & Francis. pp. 1–. ISBN 978-1-135-63889-4.
  5. ^ exhibit-E.com. "Gerald Peters Gallery". Archived from the original on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  6. ^ Gallagher, Gail (3 April 2015). "Painting the Hamptons: Annie Cooper Boyd, Artistic Influences". Retrieved 9 January 2017.