Helen Corson Hovenden
Helen Corson Hovenden | |
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| Born | Helen Corson September 15, 1847 Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania |
| Died | October 6, 1935 (aged 88) Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania |
| Education | Philadelphia School of Design for Women, Académie Julian, Paris |
| Known for | Painting, illustration |
| Spouse | Thomas Hovenden |
| Children | 2 |
Helen Corson Hovenden (1847–1935) was a Philadelphia-area painter who specialized in portraits and domestic scenes, sometimes of children with pets, and in watercolors of birds and flowers.
Both her parents were abolitionists, and risked fines and prison to assist persons escaping enslavement.
She married the Irish-born genre painter Thomas Hovenden. Their son, Thomas Hovenden Jr., became a civil engineer. Their daughter, Martha Maulsby Hovenden, became a sculptor.
The Woodmere Art Museum in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia holds a number of Helen Corson Hovenden's works, along with works by her husband and daughter.