Biografie von Lemuel D. ELDRED (1848-1921)

Birth place: Fairhaven, MA

Death place: New Bedford, MA

Addresses: Fairhaven, MA

Profession: Landscape painter, etcher

Studied: William Mosher and Caleb Purrington; William Bradford; Académie Julian, Paris, 1880-83; NAD

Exhibited: NAD, 1876; Boston AC, 1876-1886; Ellis's Fine Art Gal., New Bedford, 1879, 1888, 1893, 1904; Noyes and Bladeslee's, Boston, 1880; Lawton's Book Store and Art Gal., New Bedford, 1887; Paint & Clay Club, New Bedford, 1913; New York, 1889-92; New Bedford Art Club, 1920

Work: Kendall Whaling Mus.; Peabody Mus., Salem; Old Dartmouth Hist. Soc.; Millicent Library, Fairhaven, MA; Fairhaven (MA) Town Hall; New Bedford Free Public Library

Comments: Worked with his friend William Bradford in Fairhaven and NYC. Began a painting career in Boston, which financed a trip to Europe to further his studies (1880, 1883). His trips abroad are reflected in the subject matter of his work of that time. By 1900 he began etching. He divided his later years between Boston and Fairhaven (in Wm. Bradford"s old studio).

Sources: Campbell, New Hampshire Scenery, 54, who gives his first name as Leander and the date of birth in 1851; Blasdale, Artists of New Bedford, 83-4 (w/repro.); Brewington, 126