M. Jean McLane

Myrtle Jean McLane sometimes styled Jean MacLane (September 14, 1878 – January 23, 1964) was an American portraitist, born in Chicago, Illinois and died in New Canaan, Connecticut.

She first studied with John Vanderpoel at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago^[1] and later in Cincinnati under Frank Duveneck^[1] and in New York City under William M. Chase.^[1] In 1912 she was elected an associate to the National Academy of Design and a full academician in 1926. She was awarded a bronze medal, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904; Burgess prize, New York Woman's Art Club, 1909; silver medal, Grand Prix Exposition, Buenos Ayres, 1910.^[1] While a student at the Art Institute she met John Christen Johansen and later became his wife. Together they would help found the National Foundation of Portrait Painters in 1912. Asked to help depict the Allied Leaders from World War I by a group of philanthropists^[2] she provided the only female subject, Queen Elisabeth of Belgians,^[3] This painting today is exhibited in the National Museum of American Art.^[4]

The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts included her painting "Portrait of Virginia and Stanton Arnold" which was awarded the Lippincott prize in an exhibition from February 8 to March 29, 1914.^[5] Her painting "Portrait Mrs. Edmund D. Libby" was included in the Fourth Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists^[6] and "The Baby" was included in the Fifth Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists held at the Detroit Museum of Art April 16 to May 31, 1919.^[7]

External links

• Smithsonian American Art Museum

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Paintings by John C. Johansen and M. Jean McLane January 3 to 23 1911 online retrieved May 24, 2009
2. ^ The American magazine of art By American Federation of Arts online retrieved May 24, 2009
3. ^ The bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art By Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY), Published by The Museum, 1921 online retrieved May 24, 2009
4. ^ Report on the National Gallery of Art, Including the Freer Gallery of Art by National Gallery of Art (U.S.), U.S. Government Printing Office, 1921. online retrieved May 24, 2009
5. ^ American Art Directory by American Federation of Arts, R.R. Bowker Company, 1914.online retrieved May 24, 2009
6. ^ Catalogue of the Fourth Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists online retrieved May 24, 2009
7. ^ Catalogue of the Fifth Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists online retrieved May 24, 2009

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Date of birth	September 14, 1878
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Date of death	January 23, 1964
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