Louise Elizabeth Garden–MacLeod (1857–1944) English-born American artist and arts educator. In 1887, she co-founded the

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with Mrs. J. Dalton Bond, this was the first art school in the area.

History

Louise Elizabeth Garden was born in

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, England, on 25 April 1857. She began studying art at a young age and by the time she was a teenager she attended London's Royal School of Art in

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. It was at the Royal School of Art she studying under N. G. Green, an instructor to the British royal family, as well as a pupil of George Lesile, Henry Fiske, Richard Eschke, and Leandro Ramón Garrido. She also studied at Whistler's School (also known as

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) in

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, France. In 1887, she moved from London to Los Angeles, California in hopes that the milder weather would improve her health. That same year, co-founded the Los Angeles School of Art and Design with Mrs. J. Dalton Bond, this was the first art school in the area. In 1890, she wed Malcolm MacLeod, a Scottish inventor who helped her with running the art school. They were married until MacLeod's death in 1914.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Garden MacLeod, Louise Elizabeth 1857 births 1944 deaths American people of British descent Painters from Los Angeles Painters from London 20th-century American painters Académie Carmen alumni British emigrants to the United States