Lilla Cabot Perry

Lilla Cabot Perry (1848 – 1933) was an American artist. She is best known for her portraits and landscapes which were painted in the Impressionist style. Perry also wrote poetry.

Biography
Perry was born on January 13, 1848, in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1874 she married Thomas Sergeant Perry with whom she had three children. In 1886 Perry studied art at Cowles School of Art in Boston. 

Perry and her family lived in Paris from 1887 to 1889. Perry took classes at the Académie Julian and at the Académie Colarossi. During this time Perry met the Impressionist painter Claude Monet. Monet gave her lessons in painting. Manet and Perry became friends. Perry visited his home in Giverny, France many times.

Perry and her family lived in Tokyo, Japan from 1893 to 1901. In Japan Perry learned about Japanese and Chinese painting techniques. She also created paintings of Japanese landscapes.

The Perry family returned to Boston. Perry continued painting. She was a founding member of the Guild of Boston Artists. She wrote several books of poetry. She also wrote a memoir of Monet which was titled Reminiscences of Claude Monet from 1889 to 1909. She encouraged her friends and others to pay attention to the French Impressionists and suggested that they buy the paintings.

Perry died on February 28, 1933 in Hancock, New Hampshire.

Perry's paintings are in several museums including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

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