Elsie Dodge Pattee
Elsie Dodge Pattee Auger | |
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 Miniature portrait by Elsie Dodge Pattee | |
| Born | Elsie Dodge September 4, 1876[1] Chelsea, MA |
| Died | 1975 (aged 97–98)[2] Old Lyme, CT |
Elsie Dodge Pattee Auger (1876–1975) was an American miniature painter.
Early life
[edit]She was the daughter of David L. Dodge and Emma H. Dodge; her parents were wealthy from their business in dry goods.[3] In her youth she studied in London and Dresden.[3] While in London, she married Elmer Ellsworth Pattee in 1900. She studied at the Académie Julian in Paris.[3] She stayed in France for twenty years, returning to the United States in 1912.[4] Her first husband Elmer Ellsworth Pattee died in 1925 in France, while Pattee was in New York.[3] Her second husband was Charles E. Auger.[4]
Art career
[edit]Dodge was a member of the American Society of Miniature Painters. She illustrated children's books, including Christmas, The Animal Book by William Allen Butler.[2] In 1915 she received a medal at the Panama-Pacific Exposition.
Her work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[2] the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[5] the Brooklyn Museum,[6] and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Pattee, Elsie Dodge". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00136986. ISBN 978-0-19-977378-7.
- ^ a b c "Elsie Dodge Pattee | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu.
- ^ a b c d Barratt, Carrie Rebora; Zabar, Lori (2010). American Portrait Miniatures in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 978-1-58839-357-9.
- ^ a b "(Memorial) Elsie Dodge Pattee Auger". archive.org/. 1975.
- ^ "The Black Fan". www.metmuseum.org.
- ^ "Brooklyn Museum". www.brooklynmuseum.org.
- ^ "Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections Object : Portrait of Lillian". www.philamuseum.org.
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