ITEM# 2481
Jennie Fannie Burr Oil on Canvas, New Haven Harbor Painting, Burr Sisters. This "Antique Jenny or Fannie Burr oil on Canvas New Haven across the Harbor circa 1895" measures 16 inches wide and is 9 and three quarter inches high outside of the frame. The image of this Fannie or Jennie Burr oil painting measures 11 and three quarter inches wide and is 5 and one half inches high. Circa 1895 By Jennie or Fannie Burr oil on canvas. of New Haven Harbor. Monroe, Connecticut.Fannie and Jennie Burr. 1872 to 1961 and 1858 to 1931. They were 2 of 5 children born into Monroe, CT's most prominent family. Their father was a very successful farmer. Although the 2 sisters were 14 years apart, they were close. Fannie began to draw as a child. She later attended and graduated from the Yale School of Fine Arts. After that, she studied at the Art Students League in NYC. These accomplishments were very rare for a young woman in those days. List in Who Was Who in American Art by Falk. Exhibition at the New Britain Museum of American Art New Britian CT. Catalogue of work produced by The Connecticut Gallery Inc.