Ellen Burpee Farr was born in New Hampton, New Hampshire in 1840. She married E. W. Farr in 1861, after graduating from the New Hampton Art Institute and Thetford Academy.
After the untimely death of her husband, she kept her studio in Boston for a while; but, in the early 1880s, decided to move to Southern California where she eventually settled in Pasadena. In 1895, Mrs. Farr purchased an old vineyard there and built a mission style studio (see above) on the property. She painted still lifes, portraits and studies of local Indians, and California mission scenes. She is one of the earliest female artists to paint Western subjects. She died in 1907 while on a trip to Italy.
Exhibited:
World Colombian Exposition, California Building, Chicago, 1893.
Works held:
Washington County Historical Society (Pennsylvania);
Littleton Public Library (New Hampshire). |
