McGill, Eloise Polk
Person
Biography
Born in 1868 in Independence, Texas. Direct descendant of President James K. Polk. Painted miniatures, portraits, flowers and landscapes. In New York studied at the Art Students League and also with Chase. In San Antonio with R.J. Onderdonk and with Robert Reid in Paris. Studied miniature painting with Rhoda Holmes Nicholls and landscape painting at Cape Cod, Massachusetts. See Chris Petteys, Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900 (Boston: G.K. Hall & Co., 1985), 461.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
McGill, Eloise
File — Box SC125 Box 11: Series 2 [Barcode: U185012644763], Folder: 41
Identifier: Sub-series 1.1
Subseries Scope and Content
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The Artists Files subseries contains information related to the artist and their works includes photographs, programs, articles and correspondence used in research for specific artists within the collection.
Dates:
1777 - 2009