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Ellen Axson Wilson (1860-1914), the first wife of President Woodrow Wilson, was a reform-minded First Lady and an artist in the American Impressionist style. Born in Savannah Georgia in 1860,...
Ellen became a woman of refined tastes with a fondness for art, music, and literature. When she was eleven years old, she began studying art at Rome Female College in Rome, Georgia. After her graduation in 1876, Ellen's drawing titled School Scene was submitted to the Paris International Exposition.
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Heavily influenced by the popular American impressionist movement, Ellen’s work incorporates the themes, brushwork, color, solidity, and interest in plein-air painting that are hallmarks of the impressionist school.
Apr 27, 2014 · Ellen Wilson was one of the few women who painted in the Impressionist style. Her work incorporates the themes, brushstrokes, and color palette that defined this artistic period. A woman who remarkably balanced her art with her duties as mother, wife, First Lady, reformer, and activist, Ellen Wilson leaves behind a legacy we feel still today in ...
From October 5, 2012 through January 27, 2013, the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, Connecticut, hosts an exhibition that illuminates the artistic career of First Lady Ellen Axson Wilson (1860-1914), wife of President Woodrow Wilson. It is the first major retrospective of her work in 20 years.
Mar 31, 2006 · Ellen Axson enrolled at Rome Female College in 1871. She excelled as a student, especially in art, and later studied foreign languages and art as a postgraduate student. She drew crayon portraits from photographs, which she sold, and shared her love of literature and poetry with her friends in lengthy correspondence.
An intelligent woman with notable artistic talent, Ellen served as the 28th first lady.
