Amelia Watson

Amelia Montague Watson (1856–1934) was an American watercolorist well known for her work in Martha's Vineyard.

Biography

Born in East Windsor Hill, Connecticut on March 2, 1856, to Sarah (Bolles) and Reed Watson, she received a private education. Watson became a watercolorist.

Her younger sister, Edith, also painted watercolors and exhibited with Amelia, before becoming a successful photographer in Canada.

Career

She taught painting at a Martha's Vineyard summer school for twenty years in the last 19th century and exhibited in major east coast cities.

In 1894, Watson submitted a note regarding the taming of a chipping sparrow which was published in The Auk. Watson also illustrated a book by Margaret Morley called "The Carolina Mountains".