| Elsie Dodge Pattee Auger | |
|---|---|
 Miniature portrait by Elsie Dodge Pattee | |
| Born | Elsie Dodge (1876-09-04)September 4, 1876 Chelsea, MA |
| Died | 1975 (aged 97–98) Old Lyme, CT |
Elsie Dodge Pattee Auger (1876–1975) was an American miniature painter.
Early life
She was the daughter of David L. Dodge and Emma H. Dodge; her parents were wealthy from their business in dry goods. In her youth she studied in London and Dresden. While in London, she married Elmer Ellsworth Pattee in 1900. She studied at the Académie Julian in Paris. She stayed in France for twenty years, returning to the United States in 1912. Her first husband Elmer Ellsworth Pattee died in 1925 in France, while Pattee was in New York. Her second husband was Charles E. Auger.
Art career
Dodge was a member of the American Society of Miniature Painters. She illustrated children's books, including Christmas, The Animal Book by William Allen Butler. In 1915 she received a medal at the Panama-Pacific Exposition.
Her work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
References
- "Pattee, Elsie Dodge". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00136986. ISBN 978-0-19-977378-7.
- ^ "Elsie Dodge Pattee | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu.
- ^ Barratt, Carrie Rebora; Zabar, Lori (2010). American Portrait Miniatures in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 978-1-58839-357-9.
- ^ "(Memorial) Elsie Dodge Pattee Auger". archive.org/. 1975.
- "The Black Fan". www.metmuseum.org.
- "Brooklyn Museum". www.brooklynmuseum.org.
- "Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections Object : Portrait of Lillian". www.philamuseum.org.
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