Elizabeth Nourse
ARTISTElizabeth Nourse was a realist-style genre, portrait, and landscape painter born in Mt. Healthy, Ohio, in the Cincinnati area. She also worked in decorative painting and sculpture. Described by her contemporaries as "the first woman painter of America" and "the dean of American woman painters in France and one of the most eminent contemporary artists of her sex," Nourse was the first American woman to be voted into the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. She also had the honor of having one of her paintings purchased by the French government and included in the Luxembourg Museum's permanent collection. Nourse's style was described by Los Angeles critic Henry J. Seldis as a "forerunner of social realist painting."
Some of Nourse's works are displayed at the Cincinnati Art Museum.
moreBiography adapted from Wikipedia: Elizabeth Nourse (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Elizabeth Nourse, wall art & digital downloads
2 works by Elizabeth Nourse (American, 1859–1938) are catalogued on Archive Lane, free to preview and available to download or order as a print.
Elizabeth Nourse was a realist-style genre, portrait, and landscape painter born in Mt. Healthy, Ohio, in the Cincinnati area. She also worked in decorative painting and sculpture. Described by her contemporaries as "the first woman painter of America" and "the dean of American woman painters in France and one of the most eminent contemporary artists of her sex," Nourse was the first American woman to be voted into the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. She also had the honor of having one of her paintings purchased by the French government and included in the Luxembourg Museum's permanent collection. Nourse's style was described by Los Angeles critic Henry J. Seldis as a "forerunner of social realist painting." Some of Nourse's works are displayed at the Cincinnati Art Museum.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
At a glance
Most of Elizabeth Nourse's work on the site falls under Figurative (6), Plants & Animals (2), Landscape (1).
By movement, it's catalogued as Impressionism (6), Expressionism (2), Academic (2).
Culture: American (11).
By orientation: 4 landscape, 6 portrait, 1 square.
Dated work in this group ranges from 1889 to 1906.
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Prints of these artworks
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