Farr, Ellen Burpee (1840-1907)

Name:

Farr, Ellen Burpee (1840-1907)

Title:

Member, Boston Art Club
Member, Board of Lady Managers, State of California, Worlds Columbian Exposition

Other Names:

Burpee, Ellen Frances

Born:

11/14/1840

Birthplace:

New Hampton, NH

Died:

01/05/1907

Death Location:

Naples, Italy

Residence:

New Hampton, NH
Boston, MA
Littleton, NH
Washington, DC
Pasadena, CA 1885-1895
Europe

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Early California painter known for her still lifes of California poppies, Indian baskets, and CA citrus and pepper trees. Had a delayed painting career because of marriage and child-rearing. Painted the Flume in New Hampshire. Had a still life specialty.

Father:

Burpee, Augustus (1812-1885)

Mother:

Robinson, Sarah Glines

Relations:

Family had fought in the American Revolution. Family maintained a second home in Paris.

Spouse:

Evarts Worcester Farr (1840-1880), May 19, 1861, Portsmouth, NH

Children:

Ida Louise, born 1863; died 1953
Herbert Augustus, born 1865; died 1903
Edith May, born 1872; died 1891

Notes:

New Hampshire Women. A Collection of Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Daughters and Residents of the Granite State... (Concord, NH: The New Hampshire Publishing Company, 1895), 155.

Glenwood Cemetery, Littleton, NH