| Alt: | Louise Elizabeth Garden MacLeod |
| Birth Name: | Louise Elizabeth Garden |
| Birth Date: | 25 April 1857 |
| Birth Place: | London, England |
| Death Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Other Names: | Louise MacLeod |
| Alma Mater: | Académie Carmen, London's Royal School of Art |
Louise Elizabeth Garden–MacLeod (1857–1944) was an English-born American artist and arts educator. In 1887, she co-founded the Los Angeles School of Art and Design with Mrs. J. Dalton Bond, this was the first art school in the area.[1]
Louise Elizabeth Garden was born in London, England, on 25 April 1857.[2] She began studying art at a young age and by the time she was a teenager she attended London's Royal School of Art in South Kensington.[3] It was at the Royal School of Art she studying under N. G. Green, an instructor to the British royal family, as well as a pupil of George Lesile, Henry Fiske, Richard Eschke, and Leandro Ramón Garrido. She also studied at Whistler's School (also known as Académie Carmen) in Paris, France.[4]
In 1887, she moved from London to Los Angeles, California in hopes that the milder weather would improve her health. That same year, co-founded the Los Angeles School of Art and Design with Mrs. J. Dalton Bond, this was the first art school in the area.
In 1890, she wed Malcolm MacLeod, a Scottish inventor who helped her with running the art school. They were married until MacLeod's death in 1914.