Marguerite Elizabeth Abbott
Marguerite Elizabeth Abbott | |
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| Born | Margaret Elizabeth Abbott 1870 |
| Died | February 17, 1953 (aged 82–83) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupations | Painter, watercolorist, educator |
| Known for | Portrait painter, landscape painter |
Margaret "Marguerite" Elizabeth Abbott (1870 – February 17, 1953) was an American painter, and educator.[1][2][3] She taught art courses in Los Angeles, California from 1888 until c. 1930.
Life and career
Margaret "Marguerite" Elizabeth Abbott was born on 1870, in San Francisco, California.[4] She studied under Warren Eliphalet Rollins, and Chris Jorgensen in San Francisco.[4]
Abbott was known for her watercolors, and primarily painted portraits and landscapes.[3] In 1888, she had established an art studio in Los Angeles, where she taught portrait painting until 1930.[4][5] In 1904, her summer art classes were held at the Blanchard Building in Ocean Park in Santa Monica.[6] She never married.[4]
Abbott died on February 17, 1953, in Los Angeles, California.[4] She was posthumously included in the survey exhibition, Southern California Artists, 1890–1940 (1979) at the Laguna Beach Museum of Art (now Laguna Art Museum) in Laguna Beach, California.[7]
References
- ^ "Marguerite Elizabeth Abbott". AskArt.com.
- ^ News Notes of California Libraries. California State Library. 1918. p. 98 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Dawdy, Doris Ostrander (1974). Artists of the American West. Vol. 2. Chicago, IL: Sage Books. p. 1 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b c d e Hughes, Edan Milton (1989). Artists in California, 1786–1940 (2nd ed.). Ann Arbor, Michigan: Hughes Publishing Company. p. 11. ISBN 0961611219.
- ^ Falk, Peter H.; Carnegie Institute (1998). Record of the Carnegie Institute's International Exhibitions, 1896-1996. Madison, CT : Sound View Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-932087-55-3 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Among the Studios". Los Angeles Evening Express. June 25, 1904. p. 12. Retrieved December 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall (1979). Southern California Artists, 1890–1940 (exhibition catalog). Laguna Beach, California: Laguna Beach Museum of Art. OCLC 28543369.