Elizabeth Nourse

Elizabeth Nourse
A self-portrait of Elisabeth Nourse, painting
self-portrait from 1892
Born(1859-10-26)October 26, 1859
Mount Healthy, Ohio
DiedOctober 8, 1938(1938-10-08) (aged 78)
Paris, France
NationalityAmerican
EducationMcMicken School of Design, Académie Julian, Gustave Boulanger, Art Students League of New York
Known forPainting
MovementRealist[1]
Awards1921 Laetare Medal (Notre Dame University);
Gold Medal, Panama-Pacific International Exhibition, San Francisco (1915) [2]
ElectedSociété Nationale des Beaux-Arts

Elizabeth Nourse (October 26, 1859 – October 8, 1938) was a realist-style[1] genre, portrait, and landscape painter born in Mt. Healthy, Ohio, in the Cincinnati area. She also worked in decorative painting and sculpture. Described by her contemporaries as "the first woman painter of America" and "the dean of American woman painters in France and one of the most eminent contemporary artists of her sex,"[3] Nourse was the first American woman to be voted into the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. She also had the honor of having one of her paintings purchased by the French government and included in the Luxembourg Museum's permanent collection.[2][4] Nourse's style was described by Los Angeles critic Henry J. Seldis as a "forerunner of social realist painting."[5] Some of Nourse's works are displayed at the Cincinnati Art Museum.

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  2. ^ a b "Elizabeth Nourse". CLARA database of women artists. National Museum of Women in the Arts. Archived from the original on 6 March 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
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  4. ^ "Elizabeth Nourse (1859-1938)". Spanierman Gallery. Archived from the original on July 19, 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
  5. ^ "Nourse, Elizabeth (1859–1938)". Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. HighBeam Research: Gale Research Inc. 2002. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2013.