Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot Explained

Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot
Birth Name:Lillian Elvira Moore
Birth Date:3 June 1869
Birth Place:Vienna, Virginia, U.S.
Death Place:Washington, D.C., U.S.
Alma Mater:Corcoran School of the Arts and Design
Occupation:Artist
Known For:Floral paintings
Spouse:Charles Greeley Abbot (m. 1897–1944; her death)

Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot (née Moore; June 3, 1869 – June 1, 1944) was an American artist, known for her paintings and flower studies.[1] [2]

Early life and education

Lillian Elvira Moore was born on June 3, 1869, in Vienna, Virginia.[3] Her parents were Elvira (née Finch) and John Lewis Moore.[4] [5] Abbot studied at the Corcoran School of Art and was the student of Catherine Carter Critcher, Edmund C. Tarbell, Richard Norris Brooke, William M. Chase, and others.[6] [7]

Career

Abbot primarily painted in watercolor and oil paintings and focused on the subject of flowers and floral still life. She less commonly painted landscapes (mostly of woodlands), portraits, and interior scenes.[8]

On October 13, 1897, she married astrophysicist Charles Greeley Abbot, the 5th secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.[9] [10] [11] [12] Once married, Abbot accompanied and assisted her husband during his expeditions on behalf of the Smithsonian Institution, including to Algeria, South Africa, and India.[13] They lived between Washington, D.C., and Mount Wilson (Los Angeles County, California).

Starting in 1917, she was a member of the Society of Washington Artists.[14] Her first comprehensive solo exhibition was in 1933, at the Art League of Washington at 2111 Bancroft Place, Washington, D.C. She had an art exhibition hosted by the Art League of Washington from May 1–15, 1935.[15]

Death and legacy

Abbot died on June 1, 1944, two days before her 75th birthday, at her home in Washington, D.C., following a long illness. She is buried at Fort Lincoln Cemetery in Brentwood, Maryland. Abbot was survived by her husband. They had no children.[16]

Her work is part of the Frick Art Reference Library's MoMA Photo Files,[17] and she has a biographical information file at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.[18]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: June 3, 1944 . Mrs. Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot . subscription . 2022-04-14 . Newspapers.com . The News Journal . 13 . en.
  2. Web site: Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot artist file : study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation 1930?-1990. 2022-01-21. library.frick.org. en.
  3. Web site: June 3, 1944 . Mrs. Charles G. Abbot: Wife of Smithsonian Secretary, Known For Her Paintings . subscription . 2022-04-14 . Times Machine . . 13 . en . Mrs. Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot.
  4. Book: Principal Women of America . 1936 . Mitre Press . 2 . 11 . en.
  5. Book: Howes, Durward . American Women . 1935 . Richard Blank Publishing Company . 3 . en.
  6. Book: Who Was Who in American Art, 1564–1975: A-F . 1999 . Sound View Press . 978-0-932087-55-3 . 45 . en . Abbot, Lillian Elvira Moore.
  7. "City Club to See Mrs. Abbot's Art", The Washington Post (1923-1954), January 8, 1939, pg. 1 .
  8. Web site: Mechlin . Leila . Leila Mechlin . March 12, 1933 . Notes of Art and Artists: Washington Artist Completes Panels For New York State Post Office – Various Exhibitions in Galleries of the City . subscription . 2022-04-14 . Newspapers.com . Evening Star . 64–65 . en.
  9. Book: Sciences, United States Congress Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space . Congressional Recognition of Goddard Rocket and Space Museum, Roswell, New Mexico: With Tributes to Dr. Robert H. Goddard, Space Pioneer, 1882-1945 . 1970 . U.S. Government Printing Office . en.
  10. Motter, H. L. The International Who’s Who: Who’s Who in the World 1912 : A Biographical Dictionary of the World's Notable Living Men and Women. International Who’s Who, 1911, pg. 2.
  11. Web site: Mrs. Lillian Moore Abbot . 2022-01-21 . Smithsonian Institution . en.
  12. Web site: Portrait of Lillian E. Moore Abbot (1870-1944) . 2022-01-21 . Smithsonian Institution . en.
  13. Book: Abbot, C. G. . The Sun and the Welfare of Man . 1929 . Smithsonian Institution Series, inc. . 2 . New York.
  14. "City Club to See Mrs. Abbot's Art", The Washington Post (1923-1954), January 8, 1939, p. 1. .
  15. Web site: E 0032 - Art League of Washington program . 2022-01-21 . Historical Society of Washington DC.
  16. Book: Biographical Memoirs: Volume 73 . 1998-07-01 . National Academies Press . National Academy of Sciences . 978-0-309-06031-8 . 20 . en.
  17. Web site: Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot artist file: study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation 1930?-1990 . 2022-04-14 . Frick Art Reference Library . en.
  18. Web site: Biographical Information File Contents . 2022-04-14 . Smithsonian Online Virtual Archives (SOVA).

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