Elizabeth Shoumatoff | |
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| Born | Elizabeth Avinoff October 6, 1888 |
| Died | November 30, 1980 (aged 92) Glen Cove, New York, United States[1] |
| Occupation | Portrait Artist |
| Known for | Unfinished portrait of President Roosevelt (FDR) |
| Notable work | Portraits of FDR, President Johnson |
| Spouse |
Leo Shoumatoff (until 1928) |
| Relatives | Andrey Avinoff (brother), Alex Shoumatoff (grandson), Antonia Shoumatoff (granddaughter) |
Elizabeth Shoumatoff, née Avinoff, (December 19, 1888 – November 30, 1980) was a portrait painter who painted the Unfinished portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Other paintings of White House residents include portraits of President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson.[2] She painted renowned American business leaders such as Richard K. Mellon of the Mellon Bank, Thomas J. Watson, Sr. of IBM, Robert W. Woodruff of Coca-Cola, Harvey Firestone, the Hunts, the Heinzes and the Duponts. Shoumatoff painted multiple generations of prominent families such as Fricks, Whitneys, Phipps and countless others. She also painted international leaders, including William Tubman, president of Liberia, Rabindranath Tagore the Nobel Prize-winning Bengali poet, the grandchildren of Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg and Anne Cox Chambers, U.S. Ambassador to Belgium.
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