Drinker, Catherine Ann (1841–1922)

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Drinker, Catherine Ann (1841–1922)

American painter. Name variations: Kate; Katherine Ann Janvier. Born Catherine Ann Drinker in 1841; died 1922; dau. of Sandwith Drinker (sea captain in East India trade) and Susan Drinker; aunt of historian Catherine Drinker Bowen; studied art with Dutch painter Adolf van der Whelan at Maryland Institute, and with Thomas Eakins at Pennsylvania Academy; married Thomas Allibone Janvier, 1878.

The 1st woman permitted to teach at the Pennsylvania Academy, was a traditional painter who was fond of historical and Biblical subjects; also earned recognition for her English translations of romantic novels of Provençale.

See also Catherine Drinker Bowen, Family Portrait (Little, Brown, 1970); and Women in World History.