ARTIST: Ellen Frances Burpee Farr (California, New Hampshire, Italian, 1840 - 1907)
TITLE: Still Life with Apples
YEAR: 1888
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: Two small patches. Nail hole by the left edge. Small paint losses. Some craquelure. Some scattered inpaintings.
ART SIZE: 15 x 19 inches / 38 x 48 cm
FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available)
SIGNATURE: lower right
CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online
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BIOGRAPHY:
Following are several short biographical entries.The circumstances of her death were very unusual. She went to Italy to see the great works of art there and she died while in Italy. At first, her coffin was loaded on board a ship to come home, but the sailors were superstitious and refused to go with a dead person on board. Someone had a bright idea and they put the coffin inside a large crate marked "sculptures" and then loaded it back onto the same ship. It worked, and her body was returned to her native USA.Some of Ellen's work is on permanent display in various town buildings in Littleton, New Hampshire. Her husband, Everts Farr was a native of that town, and Ellen lived there for several years.