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Elinor Lathrop Sears
Lyme Art Colony
(September 29, 1899–August 8, 1988) In Lyme: 1927-1939
Elinor Lathrop Sears (Adams) was born in Hartford, Connecticut. She studied at Hartford Art School, Pratt Institute, and at the Art Students League in New York, and privately with Louis Mora. For many years she was an artist-member of the Lyme Art Association, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, the Hartford Society of Women Painters, and the American Water Color Society. She married Frank W. Adams.
For 60 years, Elinor Lathrop Sears maintained a studio and home in the Toll House on Route 156 in Lyme. She is best known for her pastel portraits. Her national commissions included relations of Lady Astor and the actor Henry Hull, as well as local families. Her work received very favorable notice in the exhibition of "American Women Artists of Old Lyme 1900-1940" at the Florence Griswold Museum during the Fall of 1987. She died on August 8, 1988. Her book "Pastel Painting Step by Step" is an authoritative reference in the field.
Lyme Art Colony
(September 29, 1899–August 8, 1988) In Lyme: 1927-1939
Elinor Lathrop Sears (Adams) was born in Hartford, Connecticut. She studied at Hartford Art School, Pratt Institute, and at the Art Students League in New York, and privately with Louis Mora. For many years she was an artist-member of the Lyme Art Association, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, the Hartford Society of Women Painters, and the American Water Color Society. She married Frank W. Adams.
For 60 years, Elinor Lathrop Sears maintained a studio and home in the Toll House on Route 156 in Lyme. She is best known for her pastel portraits. Her national commissions included relations of Lady Astor and the actor Henry Hull, as well as local families. Her work received very favorable notice in the exhibition of "American Women Artists of Old Lyme 1900-1940" at the Florence Griswold Museum during the Fall of 1987. She died on August 8, 1988. Her book "Pastel Painting Step by Step" is an authoritative reference in the field.
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