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Elizabeth Shippen Green (September 1, 1871 – May 29, 1954) was an American illustrator. She illustrated children's books and worked for publications such as The Ladies' Home Journal, The Saturday Evening Post and Harper's Magazine .
Elizabeth Shippen Green (1871-1954) was born to a well-connected Philadelphia family. An ambitious student at the Philadelphia Academy of the Fine Arts under Thomas Eakins, Thomas Anschutz, and Robert Vonnoh, Green additionally took on coursework at the Drexel Institute with Howard Pyle.
Elizabeth Shippen Green. 1871–1954. Elizabeth Shippen Green was inspired to begin an illustration career by Howard Pyle’s drawings in St. Nicholas magazine. She first studied under Thomas Eakins, Thomas Anshutz, and Robert Vonnoh at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
American illustrator and watercolorist. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1871; died in Philadelphia in 1954; studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy; attended Drexel Institute, 1894; married Huger Elliott (an architect and teacher), in 1911; no children.
Elizabeth Shippen Green (1871-1954) was born in Philadelphia, PA. Her father was an artist, and encouraged his daughter's artistic pursuits. She enrolled at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, then later at Drexel University, where she studied illustration under Howard Pyle.
When Elizabeth Shippen Green (1871-1954) won an exclusive contract as an illustrator with Harper's Monthly in 1901, she achieved a triumph that instantly elevated her into the select company of famed illustrators such as Edwin Austin Abbey (1852-1911) and Howard Pyle (1853-1911) during what is considered America's "golden age" of illustration ...
Artist: Elizabeth Shippen Green (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1871–1954 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Date: February 1905. Medium: Charcoal. Dimensions: Sheet: 26 3/8 × 15 7/16 in. (67 × 39.2 cm) Classification: Drawings. Credit Line: Gift of Jacqueline Loewe Fowler, 2020. Accession Number: 2021.16.21
