Gabrielle D. Clements

Gabrielle de Veaux Clements (September 11, 1858 – March 26, 1948) was an American painter, print maker, and muralist.

American Revolutionary War hero, General Francis Marion, her maternal ancestor, was called "Swamp Fox".

[5] After completing her studies at Cornell, Clements returned to Philadelphia and attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1881 to 1882,[2] under Thomas Eakins.

[8][3] David Tatham considered the exhibitions led by Koehler in the late 1880s to be "ground-breaking women etcher's shows".

[9] Her etchings were based upon modern French techniques, like a la poupée, and were influenced by Woodblock printing in Japan and the works of James Abbott McNeill Whistler.

[3] Clement made a portrait of Edmondo De Amicis,[10] which was printed in an extra volume of etchings and photogravures to his 1888 book Spain and the Spaniards.

[12][13] Clements painted sea, city and landscapes of places in the United States, like Cape Ann, Massachusetts and Baltimore, Maryland and other locations along the American East Coast.

[4] Clements taught print making, etching, and painting in Charleston, South Carolina with Hale during the winters during World War I[2][1] or more specifically, from 1916 to 1920.

[3] Beginning about 1880, Clements assisted Eliza Sproat Turner and Florence Kelley in the establishment of New Century Guild of Philadelphia.

[21] Hale and Clements vacationed and painted together during the summers at a house they bought, "The Thickets" in an artist's enclave in Folly Cove on Cape Ann, Massachusetts.

[2][1] In addition to Charleston, South Carolina, Clements and Hale traveled to Europe during the winter months.

Church and Castle, Mont Saint-Michel , 1885
Edmondo De Amicis , 1898, etching