Artist

Carolyn D. Tyler

born Chicago, IL 1867-died Evanston, IL 1951
Also known as
  • Carolyn Dow Tyler
Born
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died
Evanston, Illinois,
Biography

Carolyn D. Tyler was born in Chicago, and studied at the Art Institute there. She was a member of the Royal Society of Miniature Painters in London, and founder and president of the Chicago Society of Miniature Painters. She was active in other areas of the local art scene as well, holding memberships with the Chicago Watercolor Club and the Society of Artists. Tyler began painting miniatures around 1900, and exhibited extensively at the Art Institute between 1899 and 1929.

Works by this artist (3 items)

Carolyn D. Tyler, Nancy de Villers, ca. 1900, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1959.7.24
Nancy de Villers
Artist
Dateca. 1900
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
Carolyn D. Tyler, Miss Mary Angell, 1901, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1959.7.25
Miss Mary Angell
Artist
Date1901
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
Carolyn D. Tyler, Elizabeth Moore, ca. 1910, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1959.7.26
Elizabeth Moore
Artist
Dateca. 1910
watercolor on ivory
Not on view