Lydia Field Emmet
American painter and designer, 1866-1952
From 1884-85 she and her sister Rosina study at the Académie Julian in Paris. After returning to America she became a student of William Merritt Chase. She returned to Paris and studied with William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury. For a time during this period, she joined the colony of American artists at Giverny, France.
She designed windows for Tiffany in the 1880s and 90s. She was chosen along with Mary Cassatt and other prominent female painters to create a mural for the Woman's Building at the Chicago Exposition, 1893. She was a prolific illustrator, as well as a successful portrait painter. She exhibited widely and received numerous prizes including a silver medal at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904. Her work is represented in many museums and art galleries including the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Emmet died in New York City August 16, 1952. (See portrait of LFE by William Merritt Chase, Brooklyn Museum, 15.316)
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American illustrator, 1873–1949
American painter, writer, and etcher, 1890–2002
American painter, 1885–1968
American painter, sculptor, and graphic artist, 1858–1924
American illustrator and stage designer, 1884–1962
American illustrator, 1875–1954
American painter and illustrator, 1861–1948
English painter and artists' model, 1844–1927
