Anna Freeland (1837-1911)
- Anna Freeland (1837-1911)
- Gray's Inn, Iron Mountain and Wildcat River, Jackson, NH
- Oil on canvas
- 12 x 18 inches
- Signed and dated 1891, lower left
Anna C. Freeland was born in New Hampshire to Mary Ann (Baker) and William Chamberlain. She received her education at the New Hampshire Conference Seminary and Female College in Tilton, New Hampshire. She studied art in Chicago under Walter Shirlaw, at the Académie Julian in Paris under Constant, and in Boston under William A. Rimmer and William M. Hunt.[1]
An artist as well as a respected teacher, Freeland was a founder of the Worcester Art Students Club whose members included Joseph H. Greenwood and Frank J. Darrah. Incorporated in 1887, the club held meetings in the homes of its members. The club began holding meetings and exhibitions at the Worcester Art Museum following its opening in 1898.[2]
