Claude Raguet Hirst  (1855   -   1942)  Works

Claude Raguet Hirst (1885 – 1942)

Born Claudine Raguet Hirst in Cincinnati, Hirst started using the name “Claude” in the 1870s to avoid the common sexism experienced by female artists. She is most known for her small trompe-l’oeil paintings, often featuring books and pipes. She attended the McMicken School of Drawing and Design to study three-dimensional drawing and wood carving from 1874 to 1878 and her works were featured at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. After moving to New York City in 1880, Hirst began to take private lessons with Agnes Dean Abbatt, Charles Courtney Curran, and George Henry Smillie. Her works were exhibited in shows held by the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors; the National Academy of Design; the Boston Art Club; the Art Club of Philadelphia; and the Art Institute of Chicago. In New York, Hirst was a member of the Woman’s Art Club of New York and the American Watercolor Society.