Caroline Hunt Rimmer

Caroline Hunt Rimmer (1851–1918) was an American illustrator, sculptor and teacher. She was active in Belmont and Boston, Massachusetts.[1]

Biography

Caroline Hunt Rimmer born in 1851 in Randolph, Massachusetts, the daughter of Mary H. C. Rimmer and William Rimmer.[1] She studied art with her father.[2]

She wrote Figure Drawing for Children, originally published in 1893, republished as recently as 2013.[3]

Rimmer's sculpture, Mermaid is in Boston's Museum of Fine Arts collection.[4]

She died in Boston, Massachusetts.

References
  1. Society, American Numismatic (1911). Catalogue of the International Exhibition of Contemporary Medals: The American Numismatic Society, March, 1910. p. 255.
  2. Petteys, Chris, “Dictionary of Women Artists: An international dictionary of women artists born before 1900”, G.K. Hall & Co., Boston, 1985 p. 599
  3. "Caroline Hunt Rimmer". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  4. "Mermaid, (sculpture)". Siris-artinventories.si.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-20.


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