Ada Howe Kent

Ada Howe Kent (1858 – June 30, 1942) was an American artist and philanthropist. She was a mentee of James Abbott McNeill Whistler and worked with M. Louise Stowell. She was a member of the American Watercolor Society and the Rochester Art Club. Kent also had a large collection of Japanese prints.

Art alt=Image shows a light-skinned, redheaded woman in a dress that has an ombre affect, with light pink on top and white on bottom. The bottom of the dress has light purple flowers on the edge of it. The woman is also wearing multiple long scarves that are green, light purple, and purple with yellow flowers. She also has a purple flower in her hair, which is styled in an updo. The woman is holding a blue and yellow bowl on the same plane as her face. There are two doves sitting on the bowl, the one in the background is white and the one in the foreground is blue. There are three more doves by the woman's feet and another dove flying into the picture in the upper-right corner. In the lower-right corner there is a tall plant with yellow flowers. The background of the picture shows rolling hills with a trail in various shades of green and tan. In the upper-left corner, the background has a set of dark green trees with little detail. Woman Feeding Birds by Ada Howe Kent and M. Louise Stowell, 1902