Artist Biography

Ellen FARR
1840 - 1907

Ellen Frances Burpee Farr was born in New Hampton, New Hampshire on November 18, 1840. After graduating from the New Hampton Institute and Thetford Academy, Ellen married Evarts W. Farr in 1861. After the death of her husband, a Civil War hero, she had a studio in Boston until 1887 when she moved to southern California. Invited by the manager of the Raymond Hotel to open a studio on the premises, Mrs. Farr settled in Pasadena. She later bought an old vineyard and built a Mission Style studio on the property where she painted still lifes of poppies and Indian baskets, pepper trees, and views of the missions. She died while vacationing in Naples, Italy on January 5, 1907. Member: Boston Art Club. Exhibited: California State Fairs; California Bldg, World's Columbian Expo (Chicago), 1893. Works held: Washington County (PA) Historical Society; Littleton (NH) Public Library.

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