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Born 1938 Carpenteria, California. Known for: Landscape, still life and portrait painting.
A plein-air impressionist painter, Meredith Abbott is from California, where she grew up in an idyllic rural setting above Carpinteria, just south of Santa Barbara. Her parents emphasized a deep... Read full biography
A plein-air impressionist painter, Meredith Abbott is from California, where she grew up in an idyllic rural setting above Carpinteria, just south of Santa Barbara. Her parents emphasized a deep appreciation and reverence for the land, and she and her three siblings were allowed to spend much time... Read full biography
A plein-air impressionist painter, Meredith Abbott is from California, where she grew up in an idyllic rural setting above Carpinteria, just south of Santa Barbara. Her parents emphasized a deep appreciation and reverence for the land, and she and her three siblings were allowed to spend much time exploring on foot and horseback. Abbott attended Scripps College in Claremont and majored in art. She returned home and studied with Douglass Parshall (1899-1990), Richard Meryman (1891-1963), and... Read full biography
A plein-air impressionist painter, Meredith Abbott is from California, where she grew up in an idyllic rural setting above Carpinteria, just south of Santa Barbara. Her parents emphasized a deep appreciation and reverence for the land, and she and her three siblings were allowed to spend much time exploring on foot and horseback. Abbott attended Scripps College in Claremont and majored in art. She returned home and studied with Douglass Parshall (1899-1990), Richard Meryman (1891-1963), and Clarence Hinkle (1880-1960). From these men with whom she occasionally went on plein-air painting trips, she gained a solid background in realist and impressionist painting. After several years, she went to Los Angeles where she attended the Art Center... Read full biography
A plein-air impressionist painter, Meredith Abbott is from California, where she grew up in an idyllic rural setting above Carpinteria, just south of Santa Barbara. Her parents emphasized a deep appreciation and reverence for the land, and she and her three siblings were allowed to spend much time exploring on foot and horseback. Abbott attended Scripps College in Claremont and majored in art. She returned home and studied with Douglass Parshall (1899-1990), Richard Meryman (1891-1963), and Clarence Hinkle (1880-1960). From these men with whom she occasionally went on plein-air painting trips, she gained a solid background in realist and impressionist painting. After several years, she went to Los Angeles where she attended the Art Center School, and then she studied in New York at the Art Students League, while working as an illustrator. After Richard Meryman died, she com... Read full biography
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Keywords (21)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
- •Contemporary Impressionism, After 1940
- •Realism/Semi Impressionism
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Catalina Island
Art Association
- •California Art Club-
Art School
- •Art Center College, School of Design, Pasadena, Student
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Exhibition of Art Association
- •California Art Club