Anna Parker Dixwell (1847-1885)
Artist, of Paris; died unmarried
She was born in Boston. After having received from William Morris Hunt and Dr. William Rimmer, she went to Europe in 1874 where she studied for a winter under Carolus Duran and then spent a year and a half in travel. From 1876 to 1880 she was in Boston, and part of the time in New York, where she frequented the Art Students' League. In 1880, she left again for Europe and while there studied etching under Otto H. Bacher in Florence. After another course of study in Boston, under Emil Carlsen, she went to Paris a third time, working there at Julienne's studio for ladies until the time of her death. She lived near the Tour Eiffel and died just before her painting Nature Morte was accepted for the Paris Salon Exhibition. In Paris, she was very close friends with Elizabeth Boott, who described her as a devoted and charming friend. She was unmarried.
