Elizabeth Glaser (artist)
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Elizabeth Glaser (active from approximately 1815–1830) was an American folk artist. Glaser and her contemporaries Eunice Pinney and Mary Ann Willson are three of the earliest American artists to work in the medium of watercolor.
Little is known about Glaser other than what can be gleaned from the inscriptions included on her paintings. It is likely that she lived in Baltimore or its environs since a few of her works bear inscriptions naming that city or the suburb of Fredericktown.[1] In addition to her watercolours and drawings, she also produced needlework and poetry.[2] As Richard B. Woodward has noted, the range of her activities reflects the education and artistic training common to upper-class American women during the early nineteenth century.[1]