18 Facts About Evelina Mount

Evelina "Nina" Mount was a 19th-century American female artist.

Evelina Mount is best known for her floral still-lifes and landscapes.

Evelina Mount, nicknamed "Nina," was born on July 31,1837, to parents Henry Smith Mount and Mary Bates Ford ; she had five siblings: Julia Hawkins, Elizabeth Reeves, Henry John, Thomas Sheppard "Judge", and Malcolm.

Evelina's father, known for his artistic skills in painting still-lifes and signs, died in 1841 from tuberculosis when Evelina was just four years old.

Evelina Mount was raised in Stony Brook, New York, residing in the Hawkins-Mount House where she lived for most of her life except for brief, periodic stays in New York City.

One of the main reasons Evelina was able to work around the propriety and social standards for young women was her familial connection to her artistic paternal uncles, especially William Sidney Mount.

William was a mentor to Evelina Mount and encouraged her to practice her artistic skill through informal training and observation with him.

Evelina Mount provided instruction regarding perspective and choice of paint colors, freely offered commentary on Evelina's work, and when asked, he added finishing touches to her paintings.

Several of Evelina Mount's paintings are copies of William's paintings with small changes or additions of a feminine quality.

For example, Evelina's oil on canvas Mount House from Road is a meticulous replica of William's oil The Mount House except for her addition of a bonneted figure of a woman in the background who stands next to the original male figure.

Between 1871 and 1878, Evelina Mount exhibited a total of seven paintings at the annual exhibitions of the National Academy of Design, six of which were identified as still-life florals.

Besides exhibiting at the National Academy of Design, Evelina Mount only exhibited publicly one other time at the Academy of Design in Chicago where she showed her painting, Vase of Flowers.

Evelina Mount is best known for her paintings of floral still-lifes.

Evelina Mount took interest in flower arrangements strewn haphazardly together which are examples of the popular style of this time.

Evelina Mount departed from her conventional settings and explored more unique views.

Evelina Mount's oil painting Floral Wreath, depicts a wreath attached to a branch suspended in space.

Evelina Mount participated in plein-air painting, a popular artistic movement of her time.

Evelina Mount suffered a stroke in 1910 and was confined to a wheelchair until her death, at age eighty-three, on July 24,1920.