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| name = Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot
| name = Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot
| image = Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot.png
| image = Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot.png
| caption = June 1935
| caption = Abbott in June 1935
| birth_name = Lillian Elvira Moore
| birth_name = Lillian Elvira Moore
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1869|06|03}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1869|06|03}}
| birth_place = Vienna, Virginia, U.S.
| birth_place = [[Vienna, Virginia]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1944|06|01|1869|06|03}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1944|06|01|1869|06|03}}
| death_place = Washington, D.C., U.S.
| death_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.
| alma_mater = [[Corcoran School of the Arts and Design]]
| alma_mater = [[Corcoran School of the Arts and Design]]
| occupation = Artist
| occupation = Artist
| known_for = Floral paintings
| known_for = Floral paintings
| spouse = [[Charles Greeley Abbot]] (m. 1897–1944; death)
| spouse = [[Charles Greeley Abbot]] (m. 1897–1944; her death)
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'''Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot''' ([[Birth name|née]] '''Lillian Elvira Moore'''; c. {{date|1869|MDY}}–{{fdate|1944|MDY}}) was an American artist, known for her paintings and flower studies.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 June 1944 |title=Mrs. Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot |url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/161543081/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The News Journal |page=13 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot artist file : study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation 1930?-1990|url=https://library.frick.org/discovery/fulldisplay?context=L&vid=01NYA_INST:Frick&search_scope=Frick&tab=SearchScopes&docid=alma991007799159707141|access-date=2022-01-21|website=library.frick.org|language=en}}</ref>
'''Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot''' ([[Birth name|née]] '''Moore'''; June 3, 1869 – June 1, 1944) was an American artist, known for her paintings and flower studies.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 3, 1944 |title=Mrs. Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot |url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/161543081/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The News Journal |page=13 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot artist file : study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation 1930?-1990|url=https://library.frick.org/discovery/fulldisplay?context=L&vid=01NYA_INST:Frick&search_scope=Frick&tab=SearchScopes&docid=alma991007799159707141|access-date=2022-01-21|website=library.frick.org|language=en}}</ref>


== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==
Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot was born on June 3, 1869, in [[Vienna, Virginia]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=June 3, 1944 |title=Mrs. Charles G. Abbot: Wife of Smithsonian Secretary, Known For Her Paintings |url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1944/06/03/85157194.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=Times Machine |publisher=[[The New York Times]] |page=13 |language=en}}</ref> Her parents were Elvira (née Finch) and John Lewis Moore.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cHAdAAAAMAAJ&q=Lillian+Elvira+Moore+Abbot |title=Principal Women of America |date=1936 |publisher=Mitre Press |volume=2 |pages=11 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Howes |first=Durward |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VzDTAAAAMAAJ |title=American Women |date=1935 |publisher=Richard Blank Publishing Company |pages=3 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> Abbot studied at the [[Corcoran School of the Arts and Design|Corcoran School of Art]] and was the student of [[Catharine Carter Critcher|Catherine Carter Critcher]], [[Edmund C. Tarbell]], [[Edmund Clarence Messer]],<ref name=":3" /> [[Richard Norris Brooke]],<ref name=":3" /> and [[William Merritt Chase|William M. Chase]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K6enD1Vs1WYC |title=Who Was Who in American Art, 1564–1975: A-F |date=1999 |publisher=Sound View Press |isbn=978-0-932087-55-3 |pages=45 |language=en}}</ref><ref>"City Club to See Mrs. Abbot's Art." ''The Washington Post (1923-1954)'', Jan 08, 1939, pp. 1 {{ProQuest|151238650}}.</ref><ref name=":1" />
Lillian Elvira Moore was born on June 3, 1869, in [[Vienna, Virginia]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=June 3, 1944 |title=Mrs. Charles G. Abbot: Wife of Smithsonian Secretary, Known For Her Paintings |url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1944/06/03/85157194.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=Times Machine |publisher=[[The New York Times]] |page=13 |language=en |quote=Mrs. Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot}}</ref> Her parents were Elvira (née Finch) and John Lewis Moore.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cHAdAAAAMAAJ&q=Lillian+Elvira+Moore+Abbot |title=Principal Women of America |date=1936 |publisher=Mitre Press |volume=2 |page=11 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Howes |first=Durward |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VzDTAAAAMAAJ |title=American Women |date=1935 |publisher=Richard Blank Publishing Company |page=3 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> Abbot studied at the [[Corcoran School of the Arts and Design|Corcoran School of Art]] and was the student of [[Catharine Carter Critcher|Catherine Carter Critcher]], [[Edmund C. Tarbell]],<ref name=":3" /> [[Richard Norris Brooke]],<ref name=":3" /> [[William Merritt Chase|William M. Chase]], and others.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K6enD1Vs1WYC |title=Who Was Who in American Art, 1564–1975: A-F |date=1999 |publisher=Sound View Press |isbn=978-0-932087-55-3 |page=45 |language=en |chapter=Abbot, Lillian Elvira Moore}}</ref><ref>"City Club to See Mrs. Abbot's Art", ''The Washington Post (1923-1954)'', January 8, 1939, pg. 1 {{ProQuest|151238650}}.</ref><ref name=":1" />


== Career ==
== Career ==
Abbot primarily painted in watercolor and oil paintings and focused on the subject of flowers and floral [[still life]].<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" /> She less commonly painted [[Landscape painting|landscapes]] (mostly of [[woodland]]s), portraits, and interior scenes.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Mechlin |first=Leila |author-link=Leila Mechlin |date=March 12, 1933 |title=Notes of Art and Artists: Washington Artist Completes Panels For New York State Post Office – Various Exhibitions in Galleries of the City |url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/618952731/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=Evening Star |pages=64–65 |language=en}}</ref>
Abbot primarily painted in watercolor and oil paintings and focused on the subject of flowers and floral [[still life]].<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" /> She less commonly painted [[Landscape painting|landscapes]] (mostly of [[woodland]]s), portraits, and interior scenes.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Mechlin |first=Leila |author-link=Leila Mechlin |date=March 12, 1933 |title=Notes of Art and Artists: Washington Artist Completes Panels For New York State Post Office – Various Exhibitions in Galleries of the City |url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/618952731/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=Evening Star |pages=64–65 |language=en}}</ref>


On October 13, 1897, she married [[Astrophysics|astrophysicist]] [[Charles Greeley Abbot]], the 5th secretary of the [[Smithsonian Institution]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sciences |first=United States Congress Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_qcZAAAAIAAJ |title=Congressional Recognition of Goddard Rocket and Space Museum, Roswell, New Mexico: With Tributes to Dr. Robert H. Goddard, Space Pioneer, 1882-1945 |date=1970 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |language=en}}</ref><ref>Motter, H. L. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=yl5kAAAAMAAJ 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.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mrs. Lillian Moore Abbot |url=https://www.si.edu/object/siris_sic_12650 |access-date=2022-01-21 |website=Smithsonian Institution |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Portrait of Lillian E. Moore Abbot (1870-1944) |url=https://www.si.edu/object/portrait-lillian-e-moore-abbot-1870-1944%3Asiris_arc_403390 |access-date=2022-01-21 |website=Smithsonian Institution |language=en}}</ref> Once married, Abbot accompanied and assisted her husband during his expeditions on behalf of the Smithsonian Institution, including to [[Algeria]], [[South Africa]], and [[India]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Abbot |first=C. G. |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54206 |title=The Sun and the Welfare of Man |date=1929 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution Series, inc. |volume=2 |location=New York}}</ref> They lived between Washington, D.C., and [[Mount Wilson (California)|Mount Wilson]], [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]], [[California]].<ref name=":2" />
On October 13, 1897, she married [[Astrophysics|astrophysicist]] [[Charles Greeley Abbot]], the 5th secretary of the [[Smithsonian Institution]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sciences |first=United States Congress Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_qcZAAAAIAAJ |title=Congressional Recognition of Goddard Rocket and Space Museum, Roswell, New Mexico: With Tributes to Dr. Robert H. Goddard, Space Pioneer, 1882-1945 |date=1970 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |language=en}}</ref><ref>Motter, H. L. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=yl5kAAAAMAAJ 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.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mrs. Lillian Moore Abbot |url=https://www.si.edu/object/siris_sic_12650 |access-date=2022-01-21 |website=Smithsonian Institution |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Portrait of Lillian E. Moore Abbot (1870-1944) |url=https://www.si.edu/object/portrait-lillian-e-moore-abbot-1870-1944%3Asiris_arc_403390 |access-date=2022-01-21 |website=Smithsonian Institution |language=en}}</ref> Once married, Abbot accompanied and assisted her husband during his expeditions on behalf of the Smithsonian Institution, including to [[Algeria]], [[South Africa]], and [[India]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Abbot |first=C. G. |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54206 |title=The Sun and the Welfare of Man |date=1929 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution Series, inc. |volume=2 |location=New York}}</ref> They lived between Washington, D.C., and [[Mount Wilson (California)|Mount Wilson]] ([[Los Angeles County, California]]).<ref name=":2" />


Starting in 1917, she was a member of the [[Society of Washington Artists]].<ref name=":2" /><ref>"City Club to See Mrs. Abbot's Art." ''The Washington Post (1923-1954)'', Jan 08, 1939, pp. 1''. {{ProQuest|151238650}}.</ref> Her first comprehensive solo exhibition was in 1933, at the Art League of Washington at 2111 Bancroft Place, Washington, D.C.<ref name=":3" /> She had an art exhibition hosted by the Art League of Washington from May 1–15, 1935.<ref>{{Cite web |title=E 0032 - Art League of Washington program |url=https://dchistory.pastperfectonline.com/archive/EE3863F3-5039-40A3-B4D3-193391532301 |access-date=2022-01-21 |website=Historical Society of Washington DC}}</ref>
Starting in 1917, she was a member of the [[Society of Washington Artists]].<ref name=":2" /><ref>"City Club to See Mrs. Abbot's Art", ''The Washington Post (1923-1954)'', January 8, 1939, p. 1''. {{ProQuest|151238650}}.</ref> Her first comprehensive solo exhibition was in 1933, at the Art League of Washington at 2111 Bancroft Place, Washington, D.C.<ref name=":3" /> She had an art exhibition hosted by the Art League of Washington from May 1–15, 1935.<ref>{{Cite web |title=E 0032 - Art League of Washington program |url=https://dchistory.pastperfectonline.com/archive/EE3863F3-5039-40A3-B4D3-193391532301 |access-date=2022-01-21 |website=Historical Society of Washington DC}}</ref>


== Death and legacy ==
== Death and legacy ==
Abbot died on June 1, 1944, in her home in Washington, D.C., after a long illness.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> She is buried at Fort Lincoln Cemetery in Brentwood, Maryland. Abbot was survived by her husband; they never had children.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CNJBdvqbxFIC |title=Biographical Memoirs: Volume 73 |date=1998-07-01 |publisher=National Academies Press |others=National Academy of Sciences |isbn=978-0-309-06031-8 |pages=20 |language=en}}</ref>
Abbot died on June 1, 1944, two days before her 75th birthday, at her home in Washington, D.C., following a long illness.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> She is buried at Fort Lincoln Cemetery in [[Brentwood, Maryland]]. Abbot was survived by her husband. They had no children.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CNJBdvqbxFIC |title=Biographical Memoirs: Volume 73 |date=1998-07-01 |publisher=National Academies Press |others=National Academy of Sciences |isbn=978-0-309-06031-8 |page=20 |language=en}}</ref>


Her work is part of the Frick Art Reference Library's MoMA Photo Files,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot artist file: study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation 1930?-1990 |url=https://library.frick.org/discovery/fulldisplay?&context=L&vid=01NYA_INST:Frick&search_scope=Frick&tab=SearchScopes&docid=alma991007799159707141 |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=Frick Art Reference Library |language=en}}</ref> and she has a biographical information file at the [[Smithsonian Libraries and Archives|Smithsonian Institution Archives]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biographical Information File {{!}} Contents {{!}} |url=https://sova.si.edu/details/SIA.FARU7098#refIDd1e193 |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=Smithsonian Online Virtual Archives (SOVA)}}</ref>
Her work is part of the Frick Art Reference Library's MoMA Photo Files,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot artist file: study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation 1930?-1990 |url=https://library.frick.org/discovery/fulldisplay?&context=L&vid=01NYA_INST:Frick&search_scope=Frick&tab=SearchScopes&docid=alma991007799159707141 |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=Frick Art Reference Library |language=en}}</ref> and she has a biographical information file at the [[Smithsonian Libraries and Archives|Smithsonian Institution Archives]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biographical Information File {{!}} Contents {{!}} |url=https://sova.si.edu/details/SIA.FARU7098#refIDd1e193 |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=Smithsonian Online Virtual Archives (SOVA)}}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 01:54, 21 February 2024

Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot
Abbott in June 1935
Born
Lillian Elvira Moore

(1869-06-03)June 3, 1869
Vienna, Virginia, U.S.
DiedJune 1, 1944(1944-06-01) (aged 74)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Alma materCorcoran School of the Arts and Design
OccupationArtist
Known forFloral paintings
SpouseCharles 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

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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][3] Abbot studied at the Corcoran School of Art and was the student of Catherine Carter Critcher, Edmund C. Tarbell,[6] Richard Norris Brooke,[6] William M. Chase, and others.[7][8][3]

Career

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Abbot primarily painted in watercolor and oil paintings and focused on the subject of flowers and floral still life.[7][3] She less commonly painted landscapes (mostly of woodlands), portraits, and interior scenes.[6]

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.[3][13] They lived between Washington, D.C., and Mount Wilson (Los Angeles County, California).[7]

Starting in 1917, she was a member of the Society of Washington Artists.[7][14] Her first comprehensive solo exhibition was in 1933, at the Art League of Washington at 2111 Bancroft Place, Washington, D.C.[6] She had an art exhibition hosted by the Art League of Washington from May 1–15, 1935.[15]

Death and legacy

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Abbot died on June 1, 1944, two days before her 75th birthday, at her home in Washington, D.C., following a long illness.[3][12] 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]

References

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  1. ^ "Mrs. Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot". Newspapers.com. The News Journal. June 3, 1944. p. 13. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  2. ^ "Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot artist file : study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation 1930?-1990". library.frick.org. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Mrs. Charles G. Abbot: Wife of Smithsonian Secretary, Known For Her Paintings". Times Machine. The New York Times. June 3, 1944. p. 13. Retrieved 2022-04-14. Mrs. Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot
  4. ^ Principal Women of America. Vol. 2. Mitre Press. 1936. p. 11.
  5. ^ Howes, Durward (1935). American Women. Richard Blank Publishing Company. p. 3.
  6. ^ a b c d Mechlin, Leila (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". Newspapers.com. Evening Star. pp. 64–65. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  7. ^ a b c d "Abbot, Lillian Elvira Moore". Who Was Who in American Art, 1564–1975: A-F. Sound View Press. 1999. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-932087-55-3.
  8. ^ "City Club to See Mrs. Abbot's Art", The Washington Post (1923-1954), January 8, 1939, pg. 1 ProQuest 151238650.
  9. ^ Sciences, United States Congress Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space (1970). Congressional Recognition of Goddard Rocket and Space Museum, Roswell, New Mexico: With Tributes to Dr. Robert H. Goddard, Space Pioneer, 1882-1945. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  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. ^ "Mrs. Lillian Moore Abbot". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  12. ^ a b "Portrait of Lillian E. Moore Abbot (1870-1944)". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  13. ^ Abbot, C. G. (1929). The Sun and the Welfare of Man. Vol. 2. New York: Smithsonian Institution Series, inc.
  14. ^ "City Club to See Mrs. Abbot's Art", The Washington Post (1923-1954), January 8, 1939, p. 1. ProQuest 151238650.
  15. ^ "E 0032 - Art League of Washington program". Historical Society of Washington DC. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  16. ^ Biographical Memoirs: Volume 73. National Academy of Sciences. National Academies Press. 1998-07-01. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-309-06031-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  17. ^ "Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot artist file: study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation 1930?-1990". Frick Art Reference Library. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  18. ^ "Biographical Information File | Contents |". Smithsonian Online Virtual Archives (SOVA). Retrieved 2022-04-14.
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