Lucia Fairchild Fuller | |
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Born | Lucia Fairchild December 6, 1870 Boston, Massachusetts |
Died | May 21, 1924 Madison, Wisconsin | (aged 53)
Nationality | American |
Known for | Painting |
Spouse | |
Parent(s) | Elizabeth and Charles Fairchild |
Family | Fairchild family |
Lucia Fairchild Fuller (December 6, 1870 – May 21, 1924)[1] was an American painter and member of the New Hampshire Cornish Art Colony. She was inspired to pursue art by John Singer Sargent. Fuller created a mural entitled The Women of Plymouth for the Woman's Building at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. Best known for her portrait miniatures, she was a founding member and treasurer of the American Society of Miniature Painters.
She was awarded a bronze medal at the Paris Exposition of 1900, a silver medal at Buffalo in 1901, and a gold medal at the Saint Louis Exposition of 1904.