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Hull-House Courtyard, n.d.

Enella Benedict (1858–1942)

An impressionist painting framed in dark wood shows a sunlit garden with flowers and greenery, viewed through a shaded stone archway, with a path leading into the bright courtyard.

Details

  • Title

    Hull-House Courtyard

  • Date

    n.d.

  • Artist Name

    Enella Benedict

  • Artist’s Life Dates

    1858–1942

  • Item Title

    Painting

  • Materials

    Oil on canvas

  • Accession Number

    1977.0020.0001a

  • Credit Line

    Hull-House Collection

Not on view

About the painting

Through an arched entry, a lush interior courtyard at Hull-House offers respite from the busy neighborhood. A white pathway leads to a fountain between two buildings, rendered with visible brushwork in an Impressionist style. The artist Enella Benedict was the founder and long-time director of the Hull-House Art School; she taught drawing, painting, and sculpture simultaneously at the settlement and at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She lived and worked at Hull-House for nearly fifty years, the longest resident after Jane Addams.