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Nellie Augusta Knopf
Born
Catharine Wharton Morris

(1875-10-18)October 18, 1875
Chicago, Illinois
DiedApril 30, 1962(1962-04-30) (aged 86)
Lansing, Michigan
Alma materArt Institute of Chicago
Known forPainting

Nellie Augusta Knopf (1875-1962) was an American painter and educator known for her landscapes.

Knopf was born October 18, 1875 in Chicago, Illinois.[1] She attended the Art Institute of Chicago. There she studied under Frederick Warren Freer and John Vanderpoel. [2] Knopf also studied with Charles Herbert Woodbury who maintained a studio in Ogunquit, Maine.[3] Beginning in the early 1920s Knopf frequently traveled to the American west to paint landscapes. She worked in Wyoming, Arizona, Montana, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, and California. [2]

Knopf taught at Illinois Female College (renamed MacMurray College in 1930) for over four decades, from 1900 through 1943.[2][4] She exhibited in the Art Institute of Chicago's Annual Exhibition of Works by Chicago and Vicinity Artists in 1914, 1920 1921, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1930, and 1937.[1]

Knopf died in Lansing, Michigan on April 30, 1962. Upon her death she bequeathed over 500 artworks to MacMurray College.[4] In 2007 the Springfield Art Association held a retrospective of her work.[1] In 1987 a retrospective was held at MacMurray College.[3] In 2015 Knopf's work was included in the exhibition A Timeless Legacy — Women Artists of Glacier National Park at the Hockaday Museum[5].

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  1. ^ a b c "Nellie Knopf". Illinois Women Artists. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Nellie Augusta Knopf - Biography". AskArt. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  3. ^ a b "MacMurray's Nellie Knopf art collection goes to auction Sept. 30, Oct. 1". MacMurray Foundation. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  4. ^ Inbody, Kristen. "Painting from the heart in Glacier". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
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