Lilly Martin Spencer
Born 1822 in Exeter, England
Died 1902 in New York City
Oil on canvas
49 1/2x63in
Nationality- American
“The artist and her family at a Fourth of July picnic”
Training- National Academy of Design Cincinnati, Ohio. Attended private lessons from 1848-1850
Artist statement- “Lilly Martin Spencer, “The Artist and her family at a Fourth of July picnic”depicts an idyllic genre scene in which well dressed, middle-classed Americans celebrate their country's’ independence by eating, drinking, and entertaining one another.” -artist statement given by National Museum of Women in the Arts.
By Alejandro Corona