Artistic guide to Paris, 1896
The following names were listed as residents at 4 rue de Chevreuse in an 1896 guide to artistic Paris written and published by Chas. W. Jarrett-Knott. The guide has been completely digitized by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and can be viewed on Gallica.
There is tantalizingly little or no information on some of these former residents but several went on to enjoy success as artists and prominent Americans following their stay at the American Girls' Art Club. Those whose lives and experiences at the Club are well-documented have their own pages on this site. All page numbers needed for this list.
Miss Marie Louise Arrington (artist): In an April 21, 1898 overview of that spring's Salons, published on the front page of Le Temps, salle 27 includes one work by Arrington: "De Mme Marie-Louise Arrington, un petit intérieur rustique traité dans une gamme charmante de gris, de noirs, de notes cuivre et de rouges éteints." Her address is still listed as 4 rue de Chevreuse in the 1902 edition of The Anglo-American Annual, so we know she was one of the Club's long-term residents, staying there for at least 6 years.
Mme de Cressonière (Matron of the American Girl’s Club)
Miss Adelina Evans (painter): Though the Indicateur lists Miss Evans as a painter, two early 20th-century newspaper sources indicate that her talents were musical rather than visual. The Carmarthen Journal, a Welsh magazine, published an article in March 1911 about a patriotic event celebrating Welsh language and culture in the town of Carmarthen and noted that "Miss Adelina Evans gave selections on the harp throughout the evening" (page). An earlier article appeared in a February 1897 issue of Viator: Musical opinion and musical trade review listing "Miss Adelina Evans...a talented harpist: and it is amusing to see printed in English and Welsh on this young lady's harp case, 'Harp with care'"
Miss Gaspell
Miss Grace Gregory (Singer-contralto): Her name appears in a May 15, 1895 issue of the Musical Courier in an article about "Mr. Bouhy's music studio" near the Champs-Élysées. Gregory, a "New York contralto," is also said to have a sister "who is a painter of some name." The New York Times' "The Social World Column" noted a musicale given by Mr. Francis Fischer Powers in honor of Miss Grace Gregory, who was set to depart for Europe to complete in her studies in May 1894. Another article in The San Francisco Chronicle from May 1897 reports that Miss Gregory was once more traveling to Europe, accompanied by her mother, to "add to her musical repertoire" Her sister, aforementioned in the Musical Courier, is probably Annie Lawrence Gregory, listed alongside Grace as residing at 4 rue de Chevreuse in the 1902 Anglo-American Annual.
Miss Caroline M. Hall (artist)
Miss Raphael Johnson (artist): Johnson earned a First Grade Certificate in Drawing from Life at the Cooper Union in New York in 1891 (as reported in their Annual Report of the Trustees). It is unclear when she arrived in Paris, how long she resided at 4 rue de Chevreuse, or when she returned to the United States. Johnson's name next appears in the October 9, 1913 issue (vol. 25, no. 6) of School: Devoted to the Public Schools and Educational Interests, a local publication chronicling New York City's vast public school system. Miss Raphael Johnson is listed as the supervisor of drawing in the fifth district of Manhattan. She had apparently suffered a nervous breakdown earlier in the year but was now "well and at her work."
Miss Efreda H. Klamroth (painter)
Miss Landing
Miss Marie Louise Linieder (Teacher of Languages)
Miss Lee Lufkin (painter)
Miss Mary Mac Dowell (designer): Her name is spelled Mary J. McDowell in the 1902 Anglo-American Annual, with her residence still listed as 4 rue de Chevreuse. Whether or not she was a designer or was studying any other arts while living in Paris is unknown.
Miss Anna Parkmann Osgood (artist)
Miss Park (painter): She is also listed as a resident at 4 rue de Chevreuse in the 1902 Anglo-American Annual.
Miss Margaret Read (painter)
Miss Katherine Ricl (painter)
Miss Bernardine Sargent (singer-soprano): Sargent appears in the Harper's Bazaar column, "Our Paris Letter", written by Katherine De Forest on May 9, 1896. She is described as such: "Miss Bernardine Sargent is a fresh, young American girl, with a charming face and an equally fresh, charming voice, who is studying with Bouhy." Bouhy was likely Jacques Bouhy, a Belgian baritone turned voice teacher in Paris in the late 19th century. Just two years later, in May 1898, The New York Times covered a Choral Union Festival at Carnegie Hall, directed by Juilliard founder Frank Damrosch, and Miss Bernardine Sargent is listed as a soloist at this prestigious event.
Miss Mary Smith (pianist)
Miss Lucy Parkman Trowbridge (miniaturist)
Miss Letti Wise (elocutionist)