Clara Ellis (19th Century)

$5,400.00

Clara Ellis (19th Century)

California Quail and Chicks

Oil on canvas

14 1/4 x 18 1/4 inches

Signed and dated 1878, lower right

Clara Ellis (19th Century)

California Quail and Chicks

Oil on canvas

14 1/4 x 18 1/4 inches

Signed and dated 1878, lower right

About the Artist

Clara Ellis studied in New York City in the Woman’s Art Department of the Cooper Institute, today known as the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. She received a certificate in 1872[1] and in 1873[2]. Ellis’s studies included ornamental drawing and figure drawing from the cast under Miss Fannie Powell and Franz Venino, and painting under Carl Hecker.