Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts
| Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts | |
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June 10, 1871 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | March 12, 1927 (aged 55) Concord, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Académie Julian |
| Awards |
Mary Smith Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1889 |
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 Elizabeth Wentworth Robert, by Lucy May Stanton, 1925, Concord Art Association |
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River Scene, 1906, McCord Museum |
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 Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts, Creating a Legacy, Concord Art Association |
Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts (June 10, 1871 – March 12, 1927) was an American painter who lived and worked in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Paris, and Concord, Massachusetts. She established the Jennie Sesnan Gold Medal at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where she had studied and won the Mary Smith Prize. She also studied in Paris at Académie Julian and Florence. In Massachusetts, Roberts founded and funded the Concord Art Association.
Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts, also known as Elsie, was born an only child on June 10, 1871 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her father was George Theodore Roberts. Her paternal grandfather helped found Pennsylvania Railroad Corporation and made a fortune in the railroad and coal mining industries. She knew that she wanted to paint when she was 15 years of age. Her mother, Sarah Cazenova Roberts, wanted her to be a stylish young woman in Philadelphia and New York upper class society.
Roberts studied art in Philadelphia with Elizabeth Bonsall (1861-1956) and Henry R. Poore (1859-1940) of New York. She won the Mary Smith Prize in 1889 at a Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts exhibition for a painting that was described as beautiful, original, and skillfully executed with a "fineness of color". She also won an associate fellowship at PAFA. In Paris, she studied at Académie Julian and then lived in the city for eight years. Roberts studied under Jules Joseph Lefebvre, Robert Fleury, Monsieur Beaugereau, and Merson. The classes at the school segregated men and women, Roberts felt the sting of sexual discrimination. She stated, "I can paint as well as any man."
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