Lilla Cabot Perry - Timeline: Training & Influences

Timeline: Training & Influences

• 1884 – Perry commences formal training with Alfred Quentin Collins (portrait painter who studied at the Académie Julian in Paris).
• 1885 – Studied with Robert Vonnoh (painter working in plein-air style at Grez-Sur-Loing).
• 1885 – Took classes at the Cowles Art School in Boston. Studied with Dennis Bunker.
• 1887 – Moved to Paris, enrolled in the Académie Colarossi. Studied with Gustave Courtois and Joseph Blanc. Studied old masters at the Louvre, traveled to Spain and copied works in the Prado. Studied with the German painter Felix Burchardt.
• 1888 – Travelled to Munich. Studied with the German Social Realist painter Fritz von Uhde. Fall of 1888, enrolled in the Académie Julian in Paris. Studied with Tony Robert-Fleury. Admitted to Alfred Steven’s class in Paris. Stevens was known for featuring “elegant interiors genteel ladies lost in their reveries.” Saw Monet’s work in George Petit’s gallery – a “revelation” in her career.
• 1889–1909 – Spent nine summers painting in Giverny. Worked with American artists including Theodore Robinson, John Breck, and Theodore Butler. Formed an important friendship with Claude Monet.
• 1890 – Helped to organize the first public exhibition of John Breck landscapes in America to promote the Impressionist style.
• 1893 – Seven works on display at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
• 1897 – First solo exhibition at the St. Botolph Club in Boston.
• 1898 – Moved to Japan. Exhibited work in Tokyo. Became honorary member of the Nippon Bijutsu-In Art Association.
• 1904 – Won a bronze medal at the prestigious International Louisiana Purchase Exhibition in St. Louis for Portrait of Mrs. Joseph Clark Grew .
• 1908 – Six paintings exhibited in Paris at the Salon des Indépendents.
• 1911 – Solo exhibition at the Copley Gallery.
• 1913 – Helped form the ultra-conservative Guild of Boston Artists in response to the avant-garde movement.
• 1915 – Won a bronze medal at the prestigious Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco.
• 1920 – Received commemoration for six years of service to the Guild of Boston Artists.
• 1922 – First solo exhibition in New York at the Braus Gallery on Madison Avenue. Exhibited 44 paintings.
• 1923 – Critically ill with diphtheria.
• 1923–1925 – Convalescence in Charleston, South Carolina.
• 1927 – Two solo exhibitions; January – The Guild Show in Washington, D.C. and February at the Gordon Dunthorne Gallery.
• May 7, 1928 – Husband Thomas Perry dies.
• 1929 and 1931 – Exhibit at the Guild of Boston Artists.
• February 28, 1933 – Lilla Cabot Perry dies.