“The vast difference between working here and at home is at once…” — Anne Whitney

“The vast difference between working here and at home is at once manifest in the abundance with which the necessities of study present themselves to you without any wearisome search.”

Describing how Rome transformed her experience of artistic study by making opportunities for learning constantly available · Letter to her family, November 18, 1867

Anne Whitney

About Anne Whitney

2 September 1821–23 January 1915

In the pantheon of 19th-century American artists, few figures embody the spirit of creative rebellion and social conscience as powerfully as Anne Whitney. Born into an era when women were expected to confine their artistic pursuits to watercolors and embroidery, Whitney defied convention to become one of America's…

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