Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot

Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot (née Lillian Elvira Moore; c. 1869–1944) was an American artist, known for her paintings and flower studies.[1][2]

Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot
June 1935
Born
Lillian Elvira Moore

(1869-06-03)June 3, 1869
Vienna, Virginia, U.S.
DiedJune 1, 1944(1944-06-01) (aged 74)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Alma materCorcoran School of the Arts and Design
OccupationArtist
Known forFloral paintings
SpouseCharles Greeley Abbot (m. 1897–1944; death)

Early life and education

Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot was born on June 3, 1869, in Vienna, Virginia.[3] Her parents were Elvira (née Finch) and John Lewis Moore.[4][5][3] Abbot studied at the Corcoran School of Art and was the student of Catherine Carter Critcher, Edmund C. Tarbell, Edmund Clarence Messer,[6] Richard Norris Brooke,[6] and William M. Chase.[7][8][3]

Career

Abbot primarily painted in watercolor and oil paintings and focused on the subject of flowers and floral still life.[7][3] She less commonly painted landscapes (mostly of woodlands), portraits, and interior scenes.[6]

On October 13, 1897, she married astrophysicist Charles Greeley Abbot, the 5th secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.[9][10][11][12] Once married, Abbot accompanied and assisted her husband during his expeditions on behalf of the Smithsonian Institution, including to Algeria, South Africa, and India.[3][13] They lived between Washington, D.C., and Mount Wilson, Los Angeles County, California.[7]

Starting in 1917, she was a member of the Society of Washington Artists.[7][14] Her first comprehensive solo exhibition was in 1933, at the Art League of Washington at 2111 Bancroft Place, Washington, D.C..[6] She had an art exhibition hosted by the Art League of Washington from May 1-15, 1935.[15]

Death and legacy

Abbot died on June 1, 1944, in her home in Washington, D.C., after a long illness.[3][12] She is buried at Fort Lincoln Cemetery in Brentwood, Maryland. Abbot was survived by her husband; they never had children.[16]

Her work is part of the Frick Art Reference Library's MoMA Photo Files,[17] and she has a biographical information file at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.[18]

References
  1. "Mrs. Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot". Newspapers.com. The News Journal. 3 June 1944. p. 13. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  2. "Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot artist file : study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation 1930?-1990". library.frick.org. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  3. "Mrs. Charles G. Abbot: Wife of Smithsonian Secretary, Known For Her Paintings". Times Machine. The New York Times. June 3, 1944. p. 13. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  4. Principal Women of America. Vol. 2. Mitre Press. 1936. p. 11.
  5. Howes, Durward (1935). American Women. Richard Blank Publishing Company. p. 3.
  6. Mechlin, Leila (March 12, 1933). "Notes of Art and Artists: Washington Artist Completes Panels For New York State Post Office – Various Exhibitions in Galleries of the City". Newspapers.com. Evening Star. p. 64-65. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  7. Who Was Who in American Art, 1564–1975: A-F. Sound View Press. 1999. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-932087-55-3.
  8. "City Club to See Mrs. Abbot's Art." The Washington Post (1923-1954), Jan 08, 1939, pp. 1 ProQuest 151238650.
  9. Sciences, United States Congress Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space (1970). Congressional Recognition of Goddard Rocket and Space Museum, Roswell, New Mexico: With Tributes to Dr. Robert H. Goddard, Space Pioneer, 1882-1945. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  10. Motter, H. L. The International Who’s Who: Who’s Who in the World 1912 : A Biographical Dictionary of the World’s Notable Living Men and Women. International Who’s Who, 1911, pg. 2.
  11. "Mrs. Lillian Moore Abbot". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  12. "Portrait of Lillian E. Moore Abbot (1870-1944)". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  13. Abbot, C. G. (1929). The Sun and the Welfare of Man. Vol. 2. New York: Smithsonian Institution Series, inc.
  14. "City Club to See Mrs. Abbot's Art." The Washington Post (1923-1954), Jan 08, 1939, pp. 1. ProQuest 151238650.
  15. "E 0032 - Art League of Washington program". Historical Society of Washington DC. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  16. Biographical Memoirs: Volume 73. National Academy of Sciences. National Academies Press. 1998-07-01. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-309-06031-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  17. "Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot artist file: study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation 1930?-1990". Frick Art Reference Library. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  18. "Biographical Information File | Contents |". Smithsonian Online Virtual Archives (SOVA). Retrieved 2022-04-14.
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