Pamelia Hill (May 9, 1803 – November 12, 1860), also called as Pamela E. Hill, was an American miniature painter.[1][2] She was known for portrait miniature painting. She painted a number of portraits of prominent Worcester families.[3]
Biography
editPamelia Hill was born on May 9, 1803, in Framingham, Massachusetts, United States, to Alfred Hill and Persis Jones.[4] In 1828, she exhibited two miniatures at the Boston Athenæum.[5] Between 1828 and 1847, she exhibited at the Boston Athenæum. She continued working in Boston until 1856.[6]
Some of her miniatures include Mrs. Joel Thayer, Miss L. B. Vose and Reverend Croswell.[1] She opened the Hill Gallery in Birmingham, Michigan in 1981. Her work is in the Smithsonian American Art Museum.[7][3]
She died on November 12, 1860, in Framingham, Massachusetts.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Bolton, Theodore (1921). Early American Portrait Painters in Miniature. New York City: F. F. Sherman. p. 84. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
- ^ Gaze, Delia (2001). Concise Dictionary of Women Artists. Oxfordshire: Taylor & Francis. p. 532. ISBN 978-1-579-58335-4. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
- ^ a b "Pamelia Hill". americanart.si.edu. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
- ^ Dunlap, William (1965). History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States, Volume 3. G. P. Scott and Company. p. 308. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
- ^ Collins, Jim (1973). Women Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to the Present. New York City: Collins. p. 1958. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
- ^ "A Rare American Pamelia Hill Portrait Miniature c1835". leslieantiques.com. Leslie Antiques Ltd. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
- ^ Sellen, Betty-Carol (2016). Self-Taught, Outsider and Folk Art: A Guide to American Artists, Locations and Resources (Third ed.). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-7864-7585-8.
