Featured 19th Century Painter: Olive Turney (American 1847 â 1939)
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Olive Turney (American 1847 â 1939): Cows in Creek at Lehman Farm, Scalp Level, PA - Oil on canvas, 18 x 29.5 inches/Signed lower right
Olive Turney was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania and raised in the Lawrenceville section of Pittsburgh. Her father was a carpenter and served on the Lawrenceville Borough Council. Her sister, Margaret, was killed in the deadly Allegheny Arsenal Explosion during the Civil War. In 1865 she enrolled in the first class of the Pittsburgh School of Design for women, where her talent and exuberance led to her teaching Saturday classes at the school. 19th century artist Olive Turney also became the favorite of George Hetzel, the noted Pittsburgh landscape artist and founder of the Scalp Level School. In 1867 Hetzel organized the first of what was to become a yearly summer pilgrimage f