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| birth_name = Lillian Elvira Moore
| birth_name = Lillian Elvira Moore
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| 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|1870|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]]
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'''Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot''' ([[Birth name|née]] '''Lillian Elvira Moore'''; c. {{date|1870|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|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-21|website=library.frick.org|language=en}}</ref>
'''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|url-status=live|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, 1870 in [[Vienna, Virginia|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.co.in/books?id=cHAdAAAAMAAJ&q=Lillian+Elvira+Moore+Abbot&dq=Lillian+Elvira+Moore+Abbot&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&redir_esc=y |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.co.in/books?id=VzDTAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y |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.co.in/books?id=K6enD1Vs1WYC&redir_esc=y |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 Abbot was born on June 3, 1869 in [[Vienna, Virginia|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.co.in/books?id=cHAdAAAAMAAJ&q=Lillian+Elvira+Moore+Abbot&dq=Lillian+Elvira+Moore+Abbot&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&redir_esc=y |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.co.in/books?id=VzDTAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y |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.co.in/books?id=K6enD1Vs1WYC&redir_esc=y |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" />


== Career ==
== Career ==
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Revision as of 18:26, 15 April 2022

Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot
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; death)

Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot (née Lillian Elvira Moore; c. 1869–1944) was an American artist, known for her paintings and flower studies.[1][2]

Early life and education

Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot 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, Edmund Clarence Messer,[6] Richard Norris Brooke,[6] and William M. Chase.[7][8][3]

Career

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

Abbot died on June 1, 1944 in her home in Washington, D.C. after a long illness.[3][12] She is buried at Fort Lincoln Cemetery in Brentwood, Maryland. Abbot was survived by her husband, they never had 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

  1. ^ "Mrs. Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot". Newspapers.com. The News Journal. 3 June 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  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.
  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. p. 64-65. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  7. ^ a b c d 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), Jan 08, 1939, pp. 1 ProQuest 151238650.
  9. ^ United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences. 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, 1970, https://books.google.com/books?id=_qcZAAAAIAAJ.
  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), Jan 08, 1939, pp. 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 Virttual Archives (SOVA). Retrieved 2022-04-14.
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