biography of Ella Shepard BUSH (1863-1948)

Birth place: Galesburg, IL

Death place: Temple City, CA

Addresses: Sierra Madre, CA

Profession: Miniature painter

Studied: ASL; with J. Alden Weir, Kenyon Cox, Robert Henri, T. W. Thayer

Exhibited: PAFA, 1887; Seattle Expo., 1909 (prize); PPE, 1915; LACMA, 1920 (solo); Seattle FA Soc., 1920 (prize); Calif. Soc. Min. P., 1922 (prize), 1925 (prize), 1926 (prize), 1929 (prize), 1932 (prize); Ebell Cl., 1924 (prize); Los Angeles Co. Fair, 1928 (prize), 1939 (prize); GGE, 1939.

Member: Calif. Soc. Min. P.; Pa. Soc. Min. Pa.; Calif. AC; Ebell Club, Los Angeles

Work: PMA; LACMA

Comments: Founder: Seattle Art School, 1894.

Sources: WW47; Hughes, Artists in California, 83; Trip and Cook, Washington State Art and Artists.