[2] Much of her professional career was spent in France, where she attended the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts[1] and studied with Léon Bonnat.
She showed work at the salons of Paris and Brussels,[3] and at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia.
[1] She also sent work back to the United States for exhibition on other occasions.
Tompkins favored Italian subjects for her paintings;[4] she also produced portraits and figure pieces during her career.
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