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Ellen Robbins(1828-1905),dated 1891, Watercolor/Paper

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Ellen Robbins(1828-1905),dated 1891, Watercolor/Paper
Ellen Robbins(1828-1905),dated 1891, Watercolor/Paper
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Ellen Robbins (1828 - 1905) Watercolor on Paper
Signed and dated 1891 in lower right Size: O: 18 3/4 x 19 1/4" S: 11 1/4 x 12 1/4"
Ellen Robbins earned her artistic reputation as a watercolorist, especially of autumn leaves and flowers.

She attended the New England School of Design in Boston for one year and studied privately with Stephen Tuckerman and at the Merrimac Printworks. She had difficulty finding a teacher of watercolors, so she essentially taught herself to paint with the medium.

Reportedly born in 1828 in Watertown, Massachusetts, (that is not documented-Sternberg), she developed the idea of creating albums of watercolors, which became very popular. She sold her first album for twenty-five dollars. Sculptor Harriet Hosmer, a childhood friend, was among her early collectors.
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Ellen Robbins(1828-1905),dated 1891, Watercolor/Paper

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