Artist

Helen M. Knowlton

Portrait of Helen M. Knowlton
Portrait of Helen M. Knowlton

American, 1832–1918

Helen M. Knowlton was an American American Impressionism artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Helen M. Knowlton was born in Littleton.

Helen Mary Knowlton (August 16, 1832 – May 5, 1918) was an American artist, art instructor and author. She taught in Boston from 1871 until the mid-1910s, when she was in her 70s. Her instructor and later employer, William Morris Hunt, was the subject of a portrait she made and several books; she is considered his principal biographer.

Works by Helen M. Knowlton

Collections represented

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