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333:. It is thought that Gilder and Winslow may have met through her brother Charles, who had been connected to Winslow since 1867. He had stayed in studio in the University Building in New York City while Winslow was in France at the time. Gilder and Winslow spent a considerable amount of time together, and it is the correspondence through letters that have given indication that Winslow made multiple attempts to romantically pursue her. Though Homer is known to have painted several women in upscale resorts across the Northeast, Gilder is known to be one of the few that is nameable. Gilder is known to be the female subject in many of his works like
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169:. Her father was a naval officer who died when she was only two years old. After her father's death, her mother moved her and her brother, George, to Dresden Germany where they lived until 1861, before moving back to the United States so her mother could be closer to her older sister Katherine after she became a mother. She was then enrolled in a girl's boarding school located in Farmington, Connecticut.
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National Academy and other conventional artists groups, while showing that art is valid in many different forms and styles, and can be left up to the artist. Along with Gilder, writers including Clarence Cook, Charles de Kay, Richard C. Brown, and her
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in 1887 which provided primary younger classically artists with the opportunity to be a part of an alternative association. Her motivation for starting the organization occurred after she showed one painting at
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and several more. Helena and
Richard amassed a large number of letters in correspondence with each other over their marriage, and Helena was the subject of several love poems written by her husband.
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created a stained glass panel to commemorate the Gilder's tenth wedding anniversary. It was later refashioned as a firescreen during a remodel of their house by friend and architect
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Gilder believed that women were "men’s equal, and almost as well educated, as good and as intelligent in ordinary matters,” but opposed granting them the right to vote.
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Gilder aspired to be an oil painter, and often did the accompanying illustrations for her husband's books of poetry, like
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Helena de Kay Gilder died on 28 May 1916 after an operation for appendicitis.
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The New Day (1875), Five Books of Song (1894), In the
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Cikovsky Jr., Nicolai; Kelly, Franklin; Homer, Winslow (1995).
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One of Gilder's best known friendships was will illustrator
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Gilder, Richard Watson; de Kay Gilder, Helena (1891).
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Relationship with Winslow Homer and Mary Hallock Foote
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Richard is best known for his work as the editor of
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