| Ellen Frances Burpee Farr | |
| Birth Name: | Ellen Frances Burpee |
| Birth Date: | November 14, 1840 |
| Birth Place: | New Hampton, New Hampshire |
| Death Place: | Naples, Italy |
| Nationality: | American |
| Education: | New Hampton Institution Thetford Academy |
| Field: | Painting |
| Spouse: | his death |
Ellen Frances Burpee Farr (1840-1907) was an American painter. She was one of the early women artists in California where she painted local flora and landscapes.
Farr née Burpee was born on November 14, 1840[1] [2] in New Hampton, New Hampshire.[3] She studied at the New Hampton Institution and the Thetford Academy in Vermont. She then taught drawing at the New Hampton Institution.[1]
On May 19, 1861, she married Evarts Worcester Farr with whom she had three children.[1] He was a member of the Second Regiment Volunteers in the Union Army, fighting in the Civil War for four years. He went on to become a member of the United States House of Representatives.[1] He died in 1880.
Farr moved to Boston in 1883, moving again to Pasadena, California around 1890.[3] In California her subject matter included Pasadena area missions, pepper trees, and Indian baskets.[3]
Farr exhibited her work at the California State Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[4] She also worked with California Board of Lady Managers at the Exposition.[1]
Farr was a member of the Boston Art Club, where she also exhibited. She showed her paintings at the California State Fair as well.[5]
Farr died on January 5, 1907, while in Naples, Italy[5]
Her work is in the Washington County Historical Society in Pennsylvania and the Littleton, New Hampshire Public Library.[3]