Edmund Elisha Case (April 1844 – 1919) was an American painter active in

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Background

Case was born in

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, but after his parents' deaths moved to Springfield, Massachusetts where he was educated in public schools and then at the Suffield Institute. He subsequently attended

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, and served with the Navy in the Civil War, spending several months in

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. From 1873 to 1875, he studied at the

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, augmented by private studies with

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and visits to the Netherlands, Italy, France and England, with classes at the

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in Paris with

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and

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. In 1875, Case returned to Springfield, where he remained for the rest of his life, painting local landscapes and still lives.

References

Spanierman Gallery entry
* "Obituary: Edmund E. Case," ''Springfield Republican'', 4 November 1919.

External links

* Artwork by Edmund Elisha Case {{DEFAULTSORT:Case, Edmund Elisha 19th-century American painters American male painters 20th-century American painters 1844 births 1919 deaths 19th-century American male artists 20th-century American male artists