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Nellie Augusta Knopf

Nellie Augusta Knopf (1875 - 1962) was active/lived in Illinois, California.  Nellie Knopf is known for Landscape and still life painting.

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Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Nellie Knopf became a painter of mountain, pueblos, seascapes, and other outdoor scenes that brought her international recognition.

She graduated with honors from the Art Institute of Chicago, a student of John Vanderpoel and Frederick Freer.   For 43 years she taught and was Director of Art at Illinois Woman's College, later MacMurray College, in Jacksonville, Illinois.  She managed to combine effective teaching with a successful painting career of her own.

She sketched every summer from 1910 to 1917 with Charles Woodbury in Ogunguit, Maine, and beginning 1923, she traveled widely in the West during summers and sabbaticals, to paint the landscapes and pueblos of Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, California, etc.  She was deaf but overcame that handicap to do what was described as "miles of paintings".

The following information, courtesy Sidney Hamper, is abstracted from a letter from Nellie A. Knopf, d   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5409 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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Artist artworks for sale and wanted

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Research resources

.  askART lists Nellie Augusta Knopf in 1 of its research Essays. Nellie Augusta Knopf has 10 artist signature examples available in our database.

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