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Louis Eilshemius (1896–1962)

An American painter and muralist born in Winnsboro, South Carolina.Created by: PICRYL - Public Domain Media Search EngineDated: 1896
She attended Columbia College in Columbia, South Carolina before moving to Washington D.C. where she enrolled in the Corcoran College of Art and Design. From there she went to the Art Students League in New York City where she studied with George Bridgman and at the National Academy of Desigh with Charles Webster Hawthorne. She then moved to Paris where she studied with Fernand Léger and André Lhote and to Munich where she studied under Hans Hoffman. After close to a decade in Europe she returned to the United States in 1935.

In 1942 she painted a mural in the US Post Office in Camilla, Georgia, entitled Theme of the South. The mural was funded by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts, a program created under President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal to provide work to artists and embellish public buildings.

Later in life she returned to South Carolina and following that move the state and its people became the major theme in her work. She stated, "the South has been sung in song, literature, prose, and poetry, but the portrayal of the South in painting has not been successfully done as yet. I seek to put the poetry and history of the South in paint, but with vigor and creativeness and not sentimentalism."
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Stormy Landscape LACMA M.76.67.2 (2 of 3)

Stormy Landscape LACMA M.76.67.2 (2 of 3)

United States, 1890 Paintings Oil on canvas Gift of Jo Ann and Julian Ganz, Jr. (M.76.67.2) American Art Currently on public view: Art of the Americas Building, floor 3

Samoa - Drawing. Public domain image.

Samoa - Drawing. Public domain image.

Louis Michel Eilshemius (American, Newark, New Jersey 1864–1941 New York)

Tragedy of the Sea - Public domain dedication. Metropolitan Museum of Art image.

Tragedy of the Sea - Public domain dedication. Metropolitan Museum of ...

Louis Michel Eilshemius (American, Newark, New Jersey 1864–1941 New York)

The Source by Louis Michel Eilshemius

The Source by Louis Michel Eilshemius

The Source by Louis Michel Eilshemius, oil on Masonite, 8 3/8 x 10 3/8 in.; 21.3 x 26.3 cm, Palmer Museum of Art

Louis Michel Eilshemius - Sunset with Man Standing on Shore - 1963.55.FA - Dallas Museum of Art
Louis Michel Eilshemius - The Concert Singer - 1941.452 - Yale University Art Gallery
Louis Michel Eilshemius - Louis Michel Eilshemius Self-Portrait - NPG.83.132 - National Portrait Gallery
Bathers (two nude figures by a lake in a landscape) by Louis Michel Eilshemius

Bathers (two nude figures by a lake in a landscape) by Louis Michel Ei...

Bathers (two nude figures by a lake in a landscape) by Louis Michel Eilshemius, oil on board, 21.5 x 27.5 inches

City street in moonlight

City street in moonlight

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Louis Michel Eilshemius - Twilight in Samoa - Google Art Project

Louis Michel Eilshemius - Twilight in Samoa - Google Art Project

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Louis Michel Eilshemius The Flying Dutchman
Louis M. Eilshemius - Autumn Landscape - 1967.56.28 - Smithsonian American Art Museum
Louis Michel Eilshemius - The Dream - Google Art Project (27798320)

Louis Michel Eilshemius - The Dream - Google Art Project (27798320)

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Louis Michel Eilshemius - Summer - Google Art Project

Louis Michel Eilshemius - Summer - Google Art Project

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Louis M. Eilshemius - Overhanging Branches - 1989.43.1 - Smithsonian American Art Museum

Louis M. Eilshemius - Overhanging Branches - 1989.43.1 - Smithsonian A...

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Louis Michel Eilshemius - Adirondacks- Bridge for Fishing - Google Art Project

Louis Michel Eilshemius - Adirondacks- Bridge for Fishing - Google Art...

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Louis Michel Eilshemius - Cabs for Hire - Google Art Project

Louis Michel Eilshemius - Cabs for Hire - Google Art Project

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Louis Michel Eilshemius - The Dream - Google Art Project

Louis Michel Eilshemius - The Dream - Google Art Project

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Louis Michel Eilshemius - Balcony, Delaware Water Gap - Google Art Project

Louis Michel Eilshemius - Balcony, Delaware Water Gap - Google Art Pro...

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Louis Michel Eilshemius - Street in Lugano - Google Art Project

Louis Michel Eilshemius - Street in Lugano - Google Art Project

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Brooklyn Museum - Nude Ascending - Louis Michel Eilshemius - overall

Brooklyn Museum - Nude Ascending - Louis Michel Eilshemius - overall

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Louis M. Eilshemius - Autumn Landscape - 1966.67 - Smithsonian American Art Museum

Louis M. Eilshemius - Autumn Landscape - 1966.67 - Smithsonian America...

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Louis M. Eilshemius - Nude in Forest - 1977.80 - Smithsonian American Art Museum

Louis M. Eilshemius - Nude in Forest - 1977.80 - Smithsonian American ...

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Portrait of Rose Marie 1975.113 1a
Louis Michel Eilshemius - Summer Landscape with Hawk - Google Art Project
Louis Michel Eilshemius - The Rejected Suitor - Google Art Project

Louis Michel Eilshemius - The Rejected Suitor - Google Art Project

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Louis Michel Eilshemius - Yuma, Arizona - Google Art Project

Louis Michel Eilshemius - Yuma, Arizona - Google Art Project

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Louis M. Eilshemius - Nymphs Sleeping - 1989.43.4 - Smithsonian American Art Museum

Louis M. Eilshemius - Nymphs Sleeping - 1989.43.4 - Smithsonian Americ...

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Brooklyn Museum - Bathers - Louis Michel Eilshemius - overall

Brooklyn Museum - Bathers - Louis Michel Eilshemius - overall

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Louis Michel Eilshemius - Kingsbridge - Google Art Project

Louis Michel Eilshemius - Kingsbridge - Google Art Project

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Louis M. Eilshemius - Two Gulls and Cliffs - 1989.43.7 - Smithsonian American Art Museum

Louis M. Eilshemius - Two Gulls and Cliffs - 1989.43.7 - Smithsonian A...

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Louis Michel Eilshemius - Hudson River - Google Art Project

Louis Michel Eilshemius - Hudson River - Google Art Project

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Balcony, Delaware Water Gap

Balcony, Delaware Water Gap

Balcony, Delaware Water Gap, by Louis Eilshemius, on display in The Phillips Collection

Louis Michel Eilshemius - New York Roof Tops - Google Art Project
Louis Michel Eilshemius - Untitled - Google Art Project

Louis Michel Eilshemius - Untitled - Google Art Project

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Louis Michel Eilshemius - Verandah in Spring - Google Art Project

Louis Michel Eilshemius - Verandah in Spring - Google Art Project

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Louis M. Eilshemius - Fifty-Seventh Street - 1989.43.2 - Smithsonian American Art Museum

Louis M. Eilshemius - Fifty-Seventh Street - 1989.43.2 - Smithsonian A...

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Louis Michel Eilshemius - The Pool - 1941.450 - Yale University Art Gallery
Louis Michel Eilshemius Afternoon Wind

Louis Michel Eilshemius Afternoon Wind

Deutsch: Louis Michel Eilshemius: Afternoon Wind (1899)

Louis Michel Eilshemius - Slender Tree - 1957.155 - Fogg Museum

Louis Michel Eilshemius - Slender Tree - 1957.155 - Fogg Museum

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The Dream by Louis Eilshemius

The Dream by Louis Eilshemius

The Dream by Louis Eilshemius, on display in The Phillips Collection

Louis Michel Eilshemius - Children on the Beach - Google Art Project

Louis Michel Eilshemius - Children on the Beach - Google Art Project

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Louis M. Eilshemius - Standing and Reclining Nymphs - 1968.21 - Smithsonian American Art Museum

Louis M. Eilshemius - Standing and Reclining Nymphs - 1968.21 - Smiths...

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Louis M. Eilshemius - Three Girls and River - 1980.34.3 - Smithsonian American Art Museum

Louis M. Eilshemius - Three Girls and River - 1980.34.3 - Smithsonian ...

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Brooklyn Museum - Landscape - Louis Michel Eilshemius - overall

Brooklyn Museum - Landscape - Louis Michel Eilshemius - overall

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Louis Michel Eilshemius - Sirens of the Sea - 1963.54.FA - Dallas Museum of Art
Kingsbridge by Louis Eilshemius

Kingsbridge by Louis Eilshemius

Kingsbridge by Louis Eilshemius on display in The Phillips Collection

Louis Michel Eilshemius - Approaching Storm - Google Art Project

Louis Michel Eilshemius - Approaching Storm - Google Art Project

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Louis Michel Eilshemius - Madge in the Morning - Google Art Project

Louis Michel Eilshemius - Madge in the Morning - Google Art Project

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Louis Michel Eilshemius - Samoa - Google Art Project
Louis Michel Eilshemius - Surf and Boat - Google Art Project

Louis Michel Eilshemius - Surf and Boat - Google Art Project

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Louis Michel Eilshemius - Beach at Apia, Samoa - 1966.79.5 - Yale University Art Gallery

Louis Michel Eilshemius - Beach at Apia, Samoa - 1966.79.5 - Yale Univ...

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Louis Michel Eilshemius - Mountain Landscape - 1941.451 - Yale University Art Gallery
Louis Michel Eilshemius - Sunset, Nude Entering Water - 1963.53.FA - Dallas Museum of Art
New York Roof Tops

New York Roof Tops

New York Roof Tops by Louis Eilshemius on display in The Phillips Collection