Bromwell, Henrietta E. (Henrietta Elizabeth)
Variant namesArtist, author, genealogist. A founder of the Artists' Club of Denver and of the Denver Art Museum, she was well known for landscapes.
From the description of Papers : 1875-1938 ;. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 27210370
Denver, Colo. artist. B. 1859 Charleston, Ill.; d. Jan. 8, 1946 Denver. Besides her art work, Miss Bromwell did genealogical research and maintained files on Colorado pioneers and early residents. Studied art at the University of Denver. With Anne Evans, organized the Artists' Club of Denver, which later evolved into the Denver Art Museum.
From the description of Papers, 1868-1938. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 13195066
Denver, Colo. artist. B. 1859 Charleston, Ill. Moved to Denver 1870. One of the founders and first secretary of the Artists' Club of Denver. D. Jan. 8, 1946 Denver. Artists' Club of Denver established Dec. 16, 1893. Name changed 1917 to Denver Art Association. Club sponsored annual exhibitions starting in 1894, as well as lectures and other activities to further art in Denver.
From the description of Scrapbook, 1893-1930. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 13175634
Author; daughter of Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell, Illinois congressman.
From the description of Letter : Denver, Colorado, to Dr. Carman, 1912 March 14. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27657833
Henrietta E. Bromwell (1859-1946), artist, author and historian, was the daughter of Congressman Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell. At the age of 11, Henrietta and her family moved to Denver. Henrietta attended the University of Denver to study art. Her art has been exhibited in Chicago, Philadelphia, and New York. In 1903, after publishing some of her father's writings, Henrietta started researching Colorado history and published several articles in western magazines as well as several books including Colorado portrait and biographical index, which was published in 1926. She died in 1946.
From the description of Colorado argonauts of 1858-1859 : A directory of their arrivals, removals, deaths, marriages, children, property, mines, ranches; with names of old towns, mining camps, gulches, mountains, rivers, creeks, and other matters relating to the settling of their lives in the Pike's Peak region, 1926. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122644240
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| associatedWith | Bromwell and Sleeth (Vandalia, Ill.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Bromwell, Henry Broughton. | person |
| associatedWith | Bromwell, Henry Pelham Holmes, 1823-1903. | person |
| associatedWith | Colorado. Constitutional Convention, 1876 | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Denver Art Association | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Harris, Katherine, | person |
| associatedWith | Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 | person |
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