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Elmer MacRae

Elmer Livingston MacRae (1875 - 1953) was active/lived in Connecticut.  Elmer MacRae is known for Landscape, floral, genre and portrait painting.

Born in New York City, Elmer MacRae became a leading member of the Cos Cob Art Colony, located in Greenwich, Connecticut, and centered around the Holley House. In 1900, he married the Holley's daughter, Constant, and he frequently used his wife and young daughters as subjects in his paintings.

He was the treasurer and one of the organizers of the 1913 New York Armory Show where he exhibited 10 paintings and was one of the founders of The American Pastel Society and the Greenwich Society of Artists.

Source:
Exhibition brochure of Adele A Prayias, Fine Art of Cos Cob, CT. "Elmer Livingston MacRae: A Cos Cob Impressionist: March 1-April 4, 1981"

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Facts about Elmer MacRae

   Publications  Book References:  26
Magazine References:  6

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6 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Elmer MacRae
Magazine Article Date Author Color
The Magazine Antiques Japanism in the Cos Cob art colony March 2001 Larkin, Susan G. Yes
American Art Review The Cos Cob Art Colony February 2001 Larkin, Susan G. Yes
Art-Talk In the Museums February 1999 Editor, Art Talk No
American Art Review Connecticut Impressionist Art Trail June 1997 AR editors No
American Art Review Bruce Museum June 1997 Hall-Duncan, Nancy Yes
American Art Review Bush-Holley Historic Site June 1997 Mecky, Debra/K Blanchfield Yes
26 Book References for Elmer MacRae
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2004 Pyle, Amy (Spanierman Gallery) Art for the New Collector III Re-Emerging American Artists
(Exhibition catalog)
68 Yes
2003 Editor: Spanierman Gallery Art for the New Collector II Re-Emerging American Artists
(Exhibition catalog)
64 Yes
2001 Larkin, Susan G. The Cos Cob Art Colony Impressionists on the Connecticut Shore 246 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1999 Steiner, Raymond J The Art Students League of New York: A History (Students) 187 No
1996 Shipp, Steve American Art Colonies 1850-1930 A Guide to Original Art Colonies and Their Artists 159 No
1994 Gerdts, William H Impressionist New York 224 Yes
1992 Gerdts, William H Masterworks of American Impressionism from the Pfeil Collection
(Exhibition catalog)
282 Yes
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950
(Exhibition catalog)
622 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)
1117 No
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One) 421 Yes
1989 Bolger, Doreen (others) American Pastels In the Metropolitan Museum of Art 247 Yes
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II
(Exhibition catalog)
612 No
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1985 Huneker, James G/Arnold Schwab Americans in the Arts 1890-1920 672 No
1982 Opitz, Glenn Dictionary of American Artists 372 No
1980 Spencer, Harold; Susan Larkin, Jeffrey Andersen (Essays) Connecticut and American Impressionism (William Benton Museum of Art)
(Exhibition catalog)
184 Yes
1975 Weber, Nicholas Fox American Painters Of the Impressionist Period Rediscovered 104 Yes
1974 Baur, John I H Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection 235 Yes
1963 Brown, Milton W The Story of the Armory Show
(Exhibition catalog)
320 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
1915 Walter, John; Pedro Lemos Panama-Pacific Exposition: Catalogue of the Post-Exposition Exhibit 112 No
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