biography of Elizabeth MOTT (XIX)

Addresses: New Orleans, active c.1881-96

Profession: Sketch artist, painter

Studied: Henriette Winant; Southern Art Union; Charles Lazarre, Delachaise, Julian Dapres, Paris (c.1890-96)

Exhibited: Southern Art Union, 1881, 1883 (1st prize for sketch from life; 1st prize for oil); Artist's Assoc. of N.O., 1896

Member: Southern Art Union, 1883; Artist's Assoc. of N.O., 1896; NY Art Lg.

Comments: Shared a studio with Jennie Wilde (see entry). Upon her return from Europe, c.1896, she was offered a teaching position near NYC. Her father was Robert Mott, first president of the Southern Art Union.

Sources: Encyclopaedia of New Orleans Artists, 275.