Ellen Robbins earned her artistic reputation as a watercolorist, especially of autumn leaves and flowers. She attended the New England School of Design in Boston for one year and studied privately... Read full biography
Ellen Robbins earned her artistic reputation as a watercolorist, especially of autumn leaves and flowers. She attended the New England School of Design in Boston for one year and studied privately with Stephen Tuckerman and at the Merrimac Printworks. She had difficulty finding a teacher of... Read full biography
Ellen Robbins earned her artistic reputation as a watercolorist, especially of autumn leaves and flowers. She attended the New England School of Design in Boston for one year and studied privately with Stephen Tuckerman and at the Merrimac Printworks. She had difficulty finding a teacher of watercolors, so she essentially taught herself to paint with the medium. Reportedly born in 1828 in Watertown, Massachusetts, (that is not documented-Sternberg), she developed the idea of creating albums of... Read full biography
Ellen Robbins earned her artistic reputation as a watercolorist, especially of autumn leaves and flowers. She attended the New England School of Design in Boston for one year and studied privately with Stephen Tuckerman and at the Merrimac Printworks. She had difficulty finding a teacher of watercolors, so she essentially taught herself to paint with the medium. Reportedly born in 1828 in Watertown, Massachusetts, (that is not documented-Sternberg), she developed the idea of creating albums of watercolors, which became very popular. She sold her first album for twenty-five dollars. Sculptor Harriet Hosmer, a childhood friend, was among her early collectors. She was also successful exhibiting her paintings at the Doll and Richards Gallery... Read full biography
Ellen Robbins earned her artistic reputation as a watercolorist, especially of autumn leaves and flowers. She attended the New England School of Design in Boston for one year and studied privately with Stephen Tuckerman and at the Merrimac Printworks. She had difficulty finding a teacher of watercolors, so she essentially taught herself to paint with the medium. Reportedly born in 1828 in Watertown, Massachusetts, (that is not documented-Sternberg), she developed the idea of creating albums of watercolors, which became very popular. She sold her first album for twenty-five dollars. Sculptor Harriet Hosmer, a childhood friend, was among her early collectors. She was also successful exhibiting her paintings at the Doll and Richards Gallery in Boston. Since there seemed to be no one else in Boston who taught watercolor classes, Robbins began with seven student... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (28)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
A Studio of Her Own: Women Artists in Boston, 1870-1940
2001
Hirshler, Erica E
227 pages (color)
Two Hundred Years of American Watercolors, Pastels and Drawings (Exhibition catalog)
2001
Peters, Lisa
111 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary
1995
Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller
612 pages
Things of Beauty/Floral Still Life Art by American Women (Exhibition catalog)
1992
Sternberg, Paul E
38 pages (color)
Art by American Women Collection Louise and Alan Sellars (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Sternberg, Paul E
146 pages (color)
Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One)
1990
Gerdts, William H
421 pages (color)
Art Across America: The South, Near Midwest (Volume Two)
1990
Gerdts, William H
396 pages (color)
Women Artists in White Mountains, 1840-1940
1990
MacIntyre, Frances S
10 pages (color)
Art by American Women (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Sternberg, Paul E
17 pages (color)
National Mus of Women in the Arts
1987
National Museum of Women
253 pages (color)
American Traditions in Watercolor Worcester Art Museum Collection
1987
Strickler, Susan (editor)
232 pages (color)
American Women Artists 1830-1930 (Exhibition catalog)
1987
Tufts, Eleanor (others)
256 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900
1985
Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie
851 pages
Reflections of Nature Flowers in American Art
1984
Foshay, Ellen M
202 pages (color)
Down Garden Paths The Floral Environment in American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Gerdts, William H
144 pages (color)
Our American Artists 1879 and 1881 (reprints in one volume)
1977
Benjamin, S G W
145 pages
American Cornucopia 19th Century Still Lifes and Studies (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Brindle, John V/Sally Secrest
48 pages (color)
American Drawings In the Art Museum, Princeton University
1976
Ross, Barbara T
132 pages
Women Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to Present
1973
Collins, Jim L.
426 pages
American Still Life Painting
1971
Gerdts, William; Russell Burke
264 pages (color)
History of Water Color in America
1966
Gardner, Albert Ten Eyck
160 pages (color)
200 Years of Watercolor Painting Centennial of American Watercolor Society (Exhibition catalog)
1966
Metropolitan Museum of Art
64 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index