Ella Condie Lamb (1862 - 1936) was an American painter and stained glass artist. She was one of first women to be accepted into the National Society of Mural Painters.

Biography

Lamb née Condie was born on August 30, 1862, in New York City. In 1878 she began studying at the National Academy of Design. In 1881 she began studying at the

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. Her teachers in New York included

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, Charles Yardley Turner and Lemuel Wilmarth. In 1884 Lamb traveled to Europe to study, returning in 1885. In 1888 she married

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with whom she had five children. An artist is his own right, Charles Rollinson Lamb was a second generation owner of the

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. Ella joined the studio creating stained glass designs and murals. Lamb was a member of the

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and the National Society of Mural Painters. She was also a member of the National Association of Women Artists. She exhibited at the National Academy of Design, the Society of American Artists, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the

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, the National Arts Club, and the Society of Independent Artists. She exhibited her work at the

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at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. She also participated in the

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in 1895, and the Pan-American Exposition of 1901 in Buffalo, New York. In the late 1890s she designed the mosaic mural in the apse of

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at Cornell University.Ezra Magazine website
/ref> Lamb died on January 25, 1936, in Cresskill, New Jersey.

Legacy

Ella and Charles' daughter

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(1895–1981) joined J&R Lamb Studios in 1921. She was the head designer from 1936 through 1979. Ella and Charles' son Karl Barre Lamb (1890–1969) joined J&R Lamb Studios in 1923. He was head of the Studio from 1932 through 1969, streamlining the studio to focus solely on glass.

Gallery

File:International studio (1897) (14777145022).jpg, ''Hope'' and ''Memory'', mosaics from the Lakewood Memorial Chapel in Minneapolis (1897) File:Lot-2714-10 (22494321810).jpg, ''For Victory Not One Large Sword Suspended By A Thread, But A Sword In The Hand Of Every Citizen'' - World War I Morale Poster, (1917)

References

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