| Nellie Huntington Gere | |
| Birth Date: | October 5, 1868 |
| Birth Place: | Norwich, Connecticut |
| Death Place: | Los Angeles, California |
| Nationality: | American |
| Education: | Art Institute of Chicago, Pratt Institute, Chicago Academy of Fine Arts |
| Field: | Painting, Educator |
Nellie Huntington Gere (October 5, 1868 - July 29, 1949) was an American painter and illustrator.[1] She was the head of the art department at State Normal School .[2] She was also an instructor at the University of California. She was known for her landscape works and etchings.[3]
Nellie Huntington Gere studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, Pratt Institute, and the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts.[2]
Nellie Huntington Gere exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago 1904–1906. She was the author of a book titled Outline on Picture Study in the Elementary School.[3] She was a member of the California Society of Etchers and the Southern California Art Teachers Association.[2]
Nellie Gere exhibited frequently in Northern and Southern California, including solo and group exhibitions at the: California State Normal School (the future UCLA) in 1908 and 1921; Hotel Watson of Los Angeles in 1911; Hotel Del Monte Art Gallery of Monterey in 1913; San Francisco Art Association in 1916; and Annuals of the Art Teachers Association of Southern California in the 1920s.[4] According to the U.S. Census of 1930 she resided in Los Angeles with her second cousin Helen Clark Chandler, also a well-established artist.[5]
Nellie Huntington Gere died in Los Angeles on July 29, 1949.[2]