Eliphalet Frazer Andrews (June 11, 1835 – March 15, 1915), an American painter known primarily as a portraitist, established an art instruction curriculum at the behest of

William Wilson Corcoran William Wilson Corcoran (December 27, 1798 – February 24, 1888) was an American banker, philanthropist, and art collector. He founded the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Early life Corcoran was born on December 27, 1798, in Georgetown in the Di ...

at his

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, and served as its director, 1877–1902. He received many commissions to create both original portraits and copies of images of deceased famous Americans, which are displayed by federal, state, and local institutions. His art is housed at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Ohio State Capitol, and numerous paintings at

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and the

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Early life

Born in

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, to Dr. Alexander Hull and Eliza Ann (Frazer) Andrews, he received early training at

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in Ohio, and further study in the Royal Prussian Academy, Berlin, in the atelier of Ludwig Knaus, at the Düsseldorf Academy and with Leon Bonnat at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris.

Career

Following the election of his friend

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as President Andrews moved to Washington, D.C.

hired Andrews to establish an art instruction curriculum at his

. Andrews served as its director, 1877–1902, and later as the Corcoran Art Gallery until his death. Pupils included

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and Daisy Blanche King. Martha-Washington-by-Andrews

Several federal government agencies, mostly through the

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, Edward Clark, commissioned Andrews to make copies of existing portraits. Thus, several of his portraits, are in

collection, including posthumous full-length portraits of

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(''illustration''),

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and Andrew Johnson. His ''Poppies'' and ''Edge of a Stream'' are at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Former Kentucky Lieutenant Governor John C. Underwood, President of the

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, commissioned Andrews to make twenty portraits of prominent Confederates for a proposed Confederate Museum in Richmond, Virginia. The project was embroiled in litigation, and eleven paintings were sold in 1910 for unpaid storage fees by a

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warehouse. Most ended up in Virginia (such as that of Gen. Robert E. Lee in the Westmoreland County Courthouse), but three are in the collection of the Kentucky Museum at

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. The Confederate Memorial Association, led by Virginia lieutenant governor James Taylor Ellyson and financed by

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did build its headquarters (the Confederate Memorial Institute a/k/a "Battle Abbey") in Richmond, which is now the

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. Perhaps the most famous paintings therein are the "Four Seasons of the Confederacy" murals by

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. Clarance Randolph Howard, son of Major William Key Howard of the Confederate States of America, great-grand-nephew of Francis Scott Key, and great-grandson of

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(U.S. Senator and Governor of Maryland), commissioned Eliphalet Frazer Andrews to complete a portrait of his wife (shown here), Mary French Howard, in 1908. This is one of the few known remaining original portraits by the artist of a non-political or military official.

Personal life

In 1895 Andrews married Marietta Fauntleroy Minnigerode (1869–1932). She was the daughter of Charles Ernest Frederick Minnigerode (1816–1891), rector of St. Paul's Church in Richmond, Virginia, and she was active in the

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. E. F. Andrews was a member of the

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in Washington, D.C.

Death and legacy

Andrews died in Washington, D.C. on March 15, 1915, and his remains were returned to

. In 1917, his widow presented his portrait of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest to the Confederate Memorial in

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Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Andrews, Eliphalet Frazer 19th-century American painters American male painters 20th-century American painters Burials at Union Cemetery-Beatty Park 1835 births 1915 deaths People from Steubenville, Ohio Painters from Ohio Prussian Academy of Arts alumni Corcoran School of the Arts and Design faculty American alumni of the École des Beaux-Arts American expatriates in Germany