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Lilla Cabot Perry - Page 2

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In 1898 Thomas Perry was appointed chairman of the English literature department at a college in Tokyo, and so the Perry family moved to Japan for three years. While there Lilla created more than 80 paintings, absorbing Japanese aesthetics into her repertoire of artistic skills. And thanks to Commodore Perry’s negotiations with the reigning shogunate in 1853, Lilla Perry was able to bring the west to the east and introduce Monet to Japan.

Lilla divided her later years between Boston’s genteel Back Bay area and a country house in New Hampshire. She helped found the Guild of Boston Artists and was the group’s first secretary. Although her paintings were praised by critics and appreciated by the public, Lilla Cabot Perry painted primarily for her own satisfaction. She used her daughters as models for many of her paintings but also received many portrait commissions. Indeed, during her 49-year career she was such a successful portraitist that she was able to support her family on her income from commissions.

Lilla Cabot Perry died on February 28, 1933 in Hancock, New Hampshire. She was 85 years old and painting on the day she died.

Images:

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References:

Hirschl and Adler Galleries, Inc. Lilla Cabot Perry: A Retrospective Exhibition. New York: The Galleries, 1969.

Martindale, Meredith. Lilla Cabot Perry, An American Impressionist. Washington, DC: National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1990.

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