Ella Fillmore Lillie Explained

Ella Fillmore Lillie
Birth Date:3 October 1884
Birth Place:Minneapolis, Minnesota
Death Place:Clearwater, Florida
Nationality:American

Ella Fillmore Lillie (October 3, 1884 – July 27, 1972) was an American visual artist.

Life and career

Lillie was born in Minneapolis on October 3, 1884.[1] [2] Her education began in Minnesota, but then she headed east to attend the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and New York School of Fine Arts. She studied with Ambrose Webster and Kenneth Hayes Miller, and worked with George Miller and the German master printmaker Theodore Cuno in creating several lithographs.[3] She then worked as a visual artist,[4] [5] [6] lithographer, painter, screen printer, and craftsperson in Vermont and Florida.[7] She died in Clearwater, Florida, on July 27, 1972.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ella Fillmore Lillie. Smithsonian American Art Museum. 2018-03-03.
  2. Web site: Search. Smithsonian American Art Museum. 2018-03-03.
  3. Web site: Ella Fillmore Lillie. gallery.mcfinearts.com. 2018-03-03.
  4. Web site: Ella Fillmore Lillie (American) - MutualArt. www.mutualart.com. 2018-03-03.
  5. Book: Crump, Robert. Minnesota Prints and Printmakers, 1900-1945. 2009. Minnesota Historical Society. 9780873516358. 126–127.
  6. Book: Imprinting the South: Southern Printmakers and Their Images of the Region, 1920s-1940s. Williams. Lynn Barstis. Katz. Lynn Barstis Williams. 2007. University of Alabama Press. 9780817315603. 172.
  7. Web site: The biography of Ella Fillmore LILLIE: information and auctions for the artworks by the artist Ella Fillmore LILLIE - Artprice.com. EHRMANN. Thierry. www.artprice.com. 2018-03-03.