Eurilda Loomis France

American painter

Jesse Leach France

(m. 1889)

Eurilda Q. Loomis France (1865-1931) was an American painter.^[1]

Biography

France née Loomis was born in 1865 in Pittsburgh.^[2] She traveled to Paris, France where she was taught by Jules Joseph Lefebvre and Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant. She also studied at the Académie Julian with Carolus-Duran.^[3]

She married fellow artist Jesse Leach France on January 24, 1889.^[4]

In 1890 France exhibited her painting at the Paris Salon.^[2] She exhibited her work at the Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.^[3] She also exhibited her work at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the National Academy of Design.^[2]

France was a member of American Federation of Arts, the Society of Independent Artists, and the New Haven Paint and Clay Club .^[2]

France died in 1931 in New Haven, Connecticut.^[2]

References

^ "Eurilda Q Loomis France (1865-1931)". Invaluable. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Eurilda France". AskArt. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
^ ^a ^b Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 31 December 2018.
^ "Jesse L. France marriage to Eurilda Q. Loomis". Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette. January 26, 1889. p. 7. Retrieved 31 December 2018 – via Newspapers.com.