Elizabeth Shippen Green (1871 - 1954)

Elizabeth Shippen Green

Elizabeth Shippen Green was an American illustrator. She enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1887 and studied with the painters Thomas Pollock Anshutz, Thomas Eakins, and Robert Vonnoh. She then began study with Howard Pyle at Drexel Institute. She illustrated children's books and worked for publications such as The Ladies' Home Journal, The Saturday Evening Post, in 1901 she signed an exclusive contract with the monthly Harper's Magazine. Green was a member of Philadelphia's The Plastic Club, an organization established to promote "art for art's sake".

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Date and place of birt:	1 september 1871, Philadelphia, USA
Date and place of death:	29 may 1954, Philadelphia, USA
Nationality:	USA
Period of activity:	XIX, XX century
Specialization:	Artist, Genre painter, Illustrator, Painter, Portraitist
Art school / group:	The Plastic Club
Genre:	Flower still life, Genre art, Portrait, Still life
Art style:	Realism