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| Lilly Martin Spencer
American 1822 -1902
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| Born: |
Exeter Great Britain
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| Died: |
Crum's Elbow New York
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| Active: |
Marietta Ohio 1833
Cincinatti Ohio 1841-1847
New York New York 1847
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| Addresses: |
Marietta Ohio 1833-1841
Cincinatti Ohio 1841-1847
New York New York 1847
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| Studied: |
National Academy of Design 1847
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| Instructors: |
Sala Bosworth Marietta, Ohio, before 1841
Charles Sullivan Marietta, Ohio, before 1841
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| Exhibited: |
Marietta, Ohio 1841
Cincinnati Society for the Promotion of Useful Kno
Cincinnati Young Men's Mercantile Library
Cincinnati Western Union
National Academy of Design 1848-1858
Brooklyn Art Association 1865-1878
Philadelphia Centennial Exposition 1876
American Art Union
National Museum American Art 1973
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| Examples of Work: |
National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC
Newark Museum, New Jersey
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| Specialty: |
Painter
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| Style/School: |
Trompe l'Oeil
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| Subjects Known For: |
Portraits
Still Life
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| Memberships: |
National Academician Honorary 1850
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One of the leading American woman artists in the 1850s and 1860s, Lilly Martin Spencer immigrated to America in 1830 with her liberal-minded French parents, who hoped to establish a utopian community, a vision that never materialized. Educated at home in Marietta, Ohio, Lilly ...
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By 1858 Lilly Martin Spencer was not only the best - known artist in New Jersey in the nineteenth century but also the foremost woman painter of her day in America. Born in Ohio, she had enjoyed the patronage of Cincinnati's Nicholas Longworth before moving to New York City in 1849. By then she h...
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Lilly M. Spencer emigrated to the U.S. from England with her family in 1830. She was an artistic prodigy in her teen years and was educated at home. In 1841 she held an exhibition of her work which drew the attention of a weal...
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