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Ellen Axson Wilson
Lyme Art Colony
(1860–August 6, 1914) In Lyme: Summers 1908-1911
Ellen Louise Axson Wilson was born in Savannah, Georgia in 1860. She enrolled at the Rome Female College at the age of eleven where she studied art under Helen F. Fairchild. She continued to study under Fairchild after her graduation in 1876. She won a bronze medal for excellence in freehand drawing in 1878 at the Paris International Exposition.
In 1883 Ellen became engaged to Woodrow Wilson. She attended the Art Students League in New York from 1884-85 while Wilson did graduate work at John Hopkins University. She studied portraiture with George DeForest Brush. She also studied under Thomas W. Dewing, Frederich Dielman, Frederick Warren Freer, and Julian Alden Weir.
Ellen and Woodrow married in June, 1885. They resided in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. They later moved to Princeton, New Jersey where Ellen began painting again. During the summer of 1908 she studied at Old Lyme under Frank DuMond. She returned again to the Griswold House during the summers of 1909, 1910, and 1911. There she enjoyed the fellowship of Lyme Art Colony artists Childe Hassam, Walter Griffin, William Chadwick, Willard Metcalf, William Robinson, Chauncey Ryder, and Robert Vonnoh.
Wilson exhibited at the Arts and Craft Guild, Philadelphia, 1913; Macbeth Galleries, New York, 1911-14; Art Institute of Chicago, 1912; John Hebron Institute of Indianapolis, 1912; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1913; National Academy of Design; and Association of Women Painters and Sculptors.
She was a member of the National Association of Women Artists.
Woodrow Wilson’s inaugural ceremonies took place in March of 1913. In the summer of 1913 Ellen and her three daughters went to Cornish, New Hampshire and Ellen was able to paint every day. President Wilson remained in Washington, D.C. with the exception of some weekend visits.
In 1913 Ellen Axson Wilson fell ill and the presidential physician recommended that she curtail her activities. She was deeply involved in social reform and philanthropic causes. In 1914 it was discovered that she had Bright’s disease, a chronic ailment of the kidneys. Her health continued to deteriorate and she died in the White House on August 6, 1914. She was buried beside her parents in Rome, Georgia.
Lyme Art Colony
(1860–August 6, 1914) In Lyme: Summers 1908-1911
Ellen Louise Axson Wilson was born in Savannah, Georgia in 1860. She enrolled at the Rome Female College at the age of eleven where she studied art under Helen F. Fairchild. She continued to study under Fairchild after her graduation in 1876. She won a bronze medal for excellence in freehand drawing in 1878 at the Paris International Exposition.
In 1883 Ellen became engaged to Woodrow Wilson. She attended the Art Students League in New York from 1884-85 while Wilson did graduate work at John Hopkins University. She studied portraiture with George DeForest Brush. She also studied under Thomas W. Dewing, Frederich Dielman, Frederick Warren Freer, and Julian Alden Weir.
Ellen and Woodrow married in June, 1885. They resided in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. They later moved to Princeton, New Jersey where Ellen began painting again. During the summer of 1908 she studied at Old Lyme under Frank DuMond. She returned again to the Griswold House during the summers of 1909, 1910, and 1911. There she enjoyed the fellowship of Lyme Art Colony artists Childe Hassam, Walter Griffin, William Chadwick, Willard Metcalf, William Robinson, Chauncey Ryder, and Robert Vonnoh.
Wilson exhibited at the Arts and Craft Guild, Philadelphia, 1913; Macbeth Galleries, New York, 1911-14; Art Institute of Chicago, 1912; John Hebron Institute of Indianapolis, 1912; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1913; National Academy of Design; and Association of Women Painters and Sculptors.
She was a member of the National Association of Women Artists.
Woodrow Wilson’s inaugural ceremonies took place in March of 1913. In the summer of 1913 Ellen and her three daughters went to Cornish, New Hampshire and Ellen was able to paint every day. President Wilson remained in Washington, D.C. with the exception of some weekend visits.
In 1913 Ellen Axson Wilson fell ill and the presidential physician recommended that she curtail her activities. She was deeply involved in social reform and philanthropic causes. In 1914 it was discovered that she had Bright’s disease, a chronic ailment of the kidneys. Her health continued to deteriorate and she died in the White House on August 6, 1914. She was buried beside her parents in Rome, Georgia.
Artist Objects
Road through the Pasture 2015.3
