Susan Stuart Frackelton
| Susan Stuart Frackelton | |
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| Born |
Susan Stuart Goodrich June 5, 1848 Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Died | April 14, 1932 (aged 83) Kenilworth, Illinois |
| Resting place |
Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 42°59′53″N 87°56′35″W / 42.99806°N 87.94306°WCoordinates: 42°59′53″N 87°56′35″W / 42.99806°N 87.94306°W |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Henry Vianden |
| Known for | painting, ceramic painting |
Susan Stuart Goodrich Frackelton (1848–1932) was an American painter, specializing in painting ceramics. She was a leader in the Arts and Crafts movement in the United States and author of Tried by Fire, the "most popular handbook for decorators of chinaware", having reached a national audience.
Susan Stuart Goodrich was born on June 5, 1848 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to her parents of New England birth, Edwin H. Goodrich and Mary S. Robinson Goodrich. She attended private schools in Milwaukee and New York City.
She married Richard Frackelton on July 19, 1869. He was born in London, England and immigrated to the United States about 1857. They lived in Milwaukee, where they raised a daughter and three sons. Her husband ran an import business that failed. The success of Susan Frackelton's businesses, though, helped secure the financial future of their family. Frackelton sued for divorce from her husband due to his inability to support the family and cruel and inhuman treatment, including engaging in "one series of cursing and swearing at the new woman." By 1899 there were two adult sons, one had died by then, and an eleven-year-old daughter. Richard Frackelton died in 1907. In 1920 Frackelton lived in Chicago, Illinois and went to Haiti for a three-month holiday. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Chicago Woman's Club.
She died on April 14, 1932 at her home in Kenilworth, Illinois and was buried two days later in the Forest Home Cemetery in Milwaukee.
Susan Stuart Frackelton studied landscape painting in Milwaukee under Henry Vianden. She made baskets, lace, and jewelry. She worked with leather, carved wood, wove and painted cloth and worked with metal before focusing on ceramics in 1876. She also lectured to a wide range of audiences.
In 1883 she founded the Frackelton China and Decorating Works, where she successfully ran a china painting enterprise and provided painting instruction in downtown Milwaukee. She patented Frackelton's Dry Colors in 1894. Frackelton designed and patented a home kiln machine. She created a particular style of "art pottery" called the Frackelton "Blue and Grey" which is blue painted ware with a grey glaze. Her "Makers Mark" was a "SF" painted on the underside of each produced item.
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