Early American Female Impressionist Industrial Scene Ellen Gifford Northern Signed. Oil on canvas laid to masonite; by Ellen Gifford Northern; grand-niece of Hudson River Artist, Sanford Robinson Gifford; industrial scene with steam engines; 14 x 10, 17 3/4 x 13 1/2" framed.
Birth: May, 1873 in Adrian?, MI ;Death: November 13, 1944 in Baltimore, MD ;Sex: Female ;Ethnicity: White ; Zodiac: Taurus or Gemini ;Known for: Views of Hagerstown, MD ; landscape painting ; rural scenes ; portraits ;Medium: Oil ;Technique: Painting ;Subjects: Small towns ; farms ; hills ; villages ; people ; Hagerstown, MD ;Areas: Adrian, MI (1880) ; Minneapolis, MN (1895-1900) ; New York, NY (1905) ; Big Timber, Sweet Grass, MT (1908-1910) ; Hagerstown, MD (1920, 1944) ; Waynesboro, PA (1928-1930) ; Baltimore, MD (1940) ;Region: Mid-Atlantic ; West ;Lived: Adrian, MI (1880) ; Minneapolis, MN (1895-1900) ; New York, NY (1905) ; Big Timber, Sweet Grass, MT (1908-1910) ; Hagerstown, MD (1920, 1944) ; Waynesboro, PA (1928-1930) ; Baltimore, MD (1940) ;Father: George S Gifford (1843-1892) ;Mother: Jennie E Gifford (1843-1929) ;Relatives:Spouse: Robert Jerome Northern, MD (1877-1964), husband, married May 24, 1905 in Manhattan, New York, NY ;Children: Gifford “Jerry” R Northern (1907-1937), son ; Lois Irene Gifford Northern (1908-1999), daughter ; George Byron Gifford Northern (1911-1967), son ; Robert Jerome Northern, Jr. (1917-1985), son ;Training:Instructors:Work:Taught:Students:Member: Hagerstown Society of Artists, Hagerstown, MD ; Cumberland Valley Artists, Hagerstown, MD ;Exhibited with: Hagerstown Society of Artists, Hagerstown, MD shown at store window in Hagerstown, MD (November 1-7, 1937) ; 2nd annual exhibition of the Hagerstown Society of Artists, Hagerstown Society of Artists, Hagerstown, MD (June 14 – ?, 1940) ; 4th annual exhibition of the Hagerstown Society of Artist, Hagerstown Society of Artists, Hagerstown, MD (February 4, 1936) ; 5th annual exhibition of Cumberland Valley Artists at the Washington County Museum, Hagerstown, MD ;Awards: Cumberland Valley Exhibition held at Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, MD, R Bruce Carson gold medal for portrait The Aviator, 1940 ; 5th annual exhibition of Cumberland Valley Artists at the Washington County Museum, Hagerstown, MD, first prize ($15) for Portrait ;Milestones: At time of death she left several hundred canvas of scenes and portraits ;

17.75 x 13.5 in

5 lb