Elizabeth Gilbert Jerome
Elizabeth Gilbert Jerome | |
|---|---|
 Self Portrait by Elizabeth Gilbert Jerome | |
| Born | 18 December 1824 New Haven, Connecticut |
| Died | 22 April 1910 (aged 86) New Haven, Connecticut |
Elizabeth Gilbert Jerome (1824–1910) was an American artist whose work included portraiture, still-lides, and landscapes of South America. Jerome was known for her vibrant landscape paintings, where her work was inspired from the Hudson River School,[1] which was a mid 19th century American art movement that was influenced by romanticism.
Personal life[edit]
Elizabeth Gilbert Jerome was born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1824. Elizabeth was interested in art from an early age but her step-mother forbade her from making her own art. At fifteen years old, her step-mother destroyed all her drawings because at the time it was considered “unlady-like”, years later at twenty-seven Jerome was able to begin painting seriously.[2] Jerome married at age thirty-two and made less art, but still worked. She reportedly gave up painting after the death of a daughter, but took up miniature painting in 1904.[3] Jerome continued to make small scale paintings until her death in 1910.[4]
Education and training[edit]
After moving to Hartford, Jerome began studying under Professor Julius T. Busch, who was pleased with her work and insisted she move to New York to further her education and career as an artist. She studied at the Springely Institute, where she leisurely studied under other artists and imitated their methods into her own art. [5]When she was 30, she moved back to Hartford. For one year she studied at the National Academy of Design. [6]Her education enabled her to be an instructor and one of her pupils was Nelson A. Primus, an African American artist known for his portrait painting.[7] She exhibited at the National Academy from 1866-1875 and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1869.[8]
Works and influences[edit]
Jerome's work consisted of portraiture, and views of South America, while many speculated that she may have been directly influenced by Frederic Church, a fellow artist of The Hudson River School and landscape painter, because of the similarities between her South American landscapes and those of Church. Frederic Church lived near Elizabeth in Hartford, but there was no evidence of whether she personally knew Church or not.[9]
List of works[edit]
- Self Portrait, 1859
- Portrait of Amos Gilbert at 10, 1870
- South American Sunset, 1870
- Tropical Sunset, 1870
- Portrait of Louis Seymour, 1860-1880
- Sophie Ives in a Ball Dress, 1875
- Portrait of Miss Charlotte Ely of Hartford, 1875
- Still Life with Fruit en Plein Air, 1881
References[edit]
- ^ French, HW. Art and Artists in Connecticut. p. 169.
- ^ French, HW. Art and Artists in Connecticut. p. 169.
- ^ Groce, Wallace, George C., David H. (1957). The New-York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America, 1564-1860. Binghamton, N.Y.: Vail-Ballou Press. p. 349.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Petteys, Chris. Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900.
- ^ French, HW. Art and Artists in Connecticut. p. 169.
- ^ Groce, Wallace, George C., David H. (1957). The New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America, 1564-1860. Binghamton, N.Y.: Vail-Ballou Press. p. 349.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ French, HW. Art and Artists in Connecticut. p. 169.
- ^ French, HW. Art and Artists in Connecticut. p. 169.
- ^ Siegel, Kreiger, Nancy, Jennifer (2010). Remember the Ladies: Women of the Hudson River School. 218, Spring Street, Catskill, NY 12414: Thomas Cole. p. 30.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)