Biografie von Elisabeth E. POE (1888-1934)

Birth place: Philadelphia, PA

Death place: Wash., DC

Addresses: Wash., DC, 1902-34

Profession: Painter, writer, critic

Studied: primarily self-taught; C. Law Watkins.

Exhibited: solos: PAFA; Syracuse Mus. FA; Wash. AC; CGA, 1938; Phillips Mem. Gal., Wash., DC, 1939, 1946-47 (memorial); MMA; Cincinnati Art Mus.; Am. AC Soc.; Gr. Wash. Indep. Exhib., 1935

Member: Wash. WCC; AFA

Work: PMG; PAFA; CGA

Comments: Positions: art critic, Washington Times-Herald; Washington Post. Co-auth. (with her sister, Vylla Wilson, see entry): "Half Forgotten Romances of American History," 1924; "Edgar Allan Poe, High Priest of the Beautiful," 1932.

Sources: WW53; WW47; McMahan, Artists of Washington, D.C.; Petteys, Dictionary of Women Artists, cites alternate birth date of 1886.