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Caroline Couper Lovell
Caroline Couper Stiles Lovell (1862-1947) was an American artist, playwright and historical author.
Born during the Civil War on May 7, 1862 in Bartow County, Georgia, she was descended from a fam...view moreCaroline Couper Stiles Lovell (1862-1947) was an American artist, playwright and historical author.
Born during the Civil War on May 7, 1862 in Bartow County, Georgia, she was descended from a family of plantation owners with deep roots in the South. She received her first formal training in art at age 16 at Madame Lefebvre’s School, a French finishing school in Baltimore, where she was a boarding student for two years. In 1884 she married William Starrow Lovell, Jr. (1861-1942) and devoted herself to a career in art. The couple settled in Birmingham, Alabama in 1888, where William pursued various business ventures, whilst Caroline frequently traveled to Manhattan, where she studied at the Art Students League of New York. In 1896, she spent several months in Paris, and during this period, her skill as a miniature painter continued to excel, earning her commissions from many of Birmingham’s social elites and recognition throughout the South.
When failing vision forced Caroline to prematurely retire her paint and brushes, she turned to full-time playwriting. She is best remembered for Prince Charming’s Fate (1903), an operetta in three acts; Wuthering Heights (1914), a play in five acts, adapted from the famous book by Emily Brontë; Swayam-Vara (1916), a one act comedy; The Dust of Death (1929), a play in 3 acts; and Mirage (1929), a play in three acts. In 1932, Caroline earned accolades for her best-selling historical novel, The Golden Isles of Georgia, and in 1933 she penned a memoir of her youth titled The Light of Other Days, which was not published until 1995, almost 50 years after her death in Savannah, Georgia on February 12, 1947, at the age of 84.view less