Painter · American
Giverny painter
Lilla Cabot Perry
She stayed regularly in Giverny between 1889 and 1909 and made Impressionism known in America.
- Dates1848 — 1933
- NationalityAmerican
- DisciplinePainter
- Place of birthBoston, Massachusetts, États-Unis
Biography
An American painter who came to formal training late, Lilla Cabot Perry studied in Paris and exhibited on both sides of the Atlantic. Also a poet, she played a recognised part in the reception of Impressionist painting in the United States.
Giverny
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery records that she spent nine summers in Giverny before returning permanently to Boston in 1909; the musée des impressionnismes Giverny specifies that the Perry family regularly rented a house close to Monet’s between 1889 and 1909. She became a friend of Monet and, through her lectures and exhibitions, one of the principal introducers of Impressionism in the United States.
Relation with the Hôtel Baudy
She rented her own house in the village, a few steps from Monet’s property, and no known document places her among the hotel’s lodgers.
Principal works
Key points
- 1848Born — Boston, Massachusetts, États-Unis
- GivernyNine summers between 1889 and 1909
- 1933Died
Sources
- 01National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- 02Musée des impressionnismes Giverny
- 03Terra Foundation for American Art
In the collection
