History of Killingly Center, (Windham County) Connecticut United States of America

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A Short Biography of Ellen M. Carpenter

Ellen M. Carpenter, artist, was born at Killingly, Conn., Nov. 28, 1836; daughter of Oliver and Amy (Smith) Carpenter. She commenced her art education under the tutelage of Thomas Edwards of Worcester, Mass., in 1858. Later she attended the classes at the Lowell institute, and in 1867 went to Paris to continue her studies. On her return to the United States she opened a studio in Boston, where she became noted as a teacher. In 1873 she accompanied some of her students on a European tour for the purpose of sketching. In 1878 she studied figure painting under Gusson in Berlin, and under Julien and Carlo Rossi in Paris. Among her commissions were several portraits for Masonic hall, Boston, Mass. In 1890 she visited Europe, having received commissions to copy The Immaculate Conception and The Holy Family by Murillo, and several of the noted paintings in the Luxembourg. She visited Algiers in the same year, where she made sketches of eastern scenes, and later went to Spain, where she painted bits from the interior of the Alhambra and from the palace in Seville.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor