Ida Pulis Lathrop
American painter
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Ida F. Pulis Lathrop (1859–1937)[1] was an American painter. She primarily worked on portraits, still life and landscapes as subjects. Lathrop was based in Albany, New York.[2]
October 27, 1859
Ida Pulis Lathrop | |
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| Born | Ida F. Pulis October 27, 1859 Troy, New York, U.S. |
| Died | September 7, 1937 (aged 77) Albany, New York, U.S. |
| Known for | Painting |
About
She was born on October 27, 1859, as Ida F. Pulis in Troy, New York to Catherine Sheffér, who took in boarders, and Abraham William Pulis, who worked as a carpenter.[3][4] Her family also had a shop.[4] She married Cyprus Clark Lathrop in 1885.[2][5] Together they had two daughters that became artists, Gertrude K. Lathrop, and Dorothy P. Lathrop.[3] Ida Pullis Lathrop was a self-taught artist.[3] She was mostly known for her still-lives and portraits, however she also painted landscapes.[4]
Her first exhibit was at the Academy of Design in New York City and garnered nationwide wide fame by the early 1900s.[4]
She died on September 7, 1937, in her home in Albany, she is buried in Albany Rural Cemetery.[6][7]
Lathrop has work in the museum collection at Albany Institute of History and Art,[8] Smithsonian American Art Museum,[9] among others.