Elizabeth Gilbert Jerome

Elizabeth Gilbert Jerome (1824–1910) was an American artist inspired by the Hudson River School. Her work included portraiture, still-lifes, and landscapes of South America.

Personal life Elizabeth Gilbert Jerome was born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1824. She was interested in art from an early age but her step-mother forbade her from making her own art, going so far as to destroy all her drawings when she was fifteen. At twenty-seven, Jerome was able to begin painting seriously. Jerome married at age thirty-two and made less art, but still worked. She reportedly gave up painting after the death of a daughter, but took up miniature painting in 1904. Jerome continued to make small scale paintings until her death in 1910.

Education and training After moving to Hartford, Jerome began studying under Professor Julius T. Busch, who was pleased with her work and insisted she move to New York to further her education and career as an artist. She studied at the Springely Institute.

List of works

Self Portrait at 35, 1859. Amos Gilbert at 10, 1870. South American Sunset, 1870. Louis Seymour, 1860-1880. Sophie Ives in a Ball Dress, 1875. Miss Charlotte Ely of Hartford, 1875. Still Life with Fruit en Plein Air, 1881.