Louise Elizabeth Garden MacLeod

Louise Elizabeth Garden MacLeod
Born	Louise Elizabeth Garden (1857-04-25)April 25, 1857 London, England
Died	1944(1944-00-00) (aged 86–87) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other names	Louise MacLeod
Alma mater	Académie Carmen, London's Royal School of Art

Louise Elizabeth Garden–MacLeod (1857–1944) was an English-born American artist and arts educator. In 1887, she co-founded the Los Angeles School of Art and Design with Mrs. J. Dalton Bond, this was the first art school in the area.[1]

History

Louise Elizabeth Garden was born in London, England, on 25 April 1857.[2] She began studying art at a young age and by the time she was a teenager she attended London's Royal School of Art in South Kensington.[2][3] It was at the Royal School of Art she studying under N. G. Green, an instructor to the British royal family, as well as a pupil of George Lesile, Henry Fiske, Richard Eschke, and Leandro Ramón Garrido.[1][3] She also studied at Whistler's School (also known as Académie Carmen) in Paris, France.[3][4]

In 1887, she moved from London to Los Angeles, California in hopes that the milder weather would improve her health.[1] That same year, co-founded the Los Angeles School of Art and Design with Mrs. J. Dalton Bond, this was the first art school in the area.[1]

In 1890, she wed Malcolm MacLeod, a Scottish inventor who helped her with running the art school.[1][3] They were married until MacLeod's death in 1914.[1]

References

1. "Louise MacLeod". AskArt.com. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
2. Hughes, Edan Milton (1989). Artists in California, 1786-1940. p. 291. ISBN 978-0961611217.
3. William Leonard, John; Marquis, Albert Nelson (1914). Who's Who in America, Volume 8. A.N. Marquis. p. 869.
4. Reynolds, Siân (June 2000). "Running away to paris: expatriate women artists of the 1900 generation, from Scotland and points south". Women's History Review. 9 (2): 327–344. doi:10.1080/09612020000200249. ISSN 0961-2025. Whistler's school was popularly known as the Académie Carmen, since it was run by one of his ex-models, Carmen Rossi.