Cornelia Ellis Hildebrandt (September 7, 1876 – March 18, 1962) was an American artist particularly known for her portrait miniatures. One of the last surviving figures from the revival of miniature painting in America at the turn of the 20th century, she lectured extensively on the genre in her later years.[1]
On her return from Paris she had a studio in Chicago for a while, but after her marriage to Howard Hildebrandt on September 3, 1902, the couple settled in New York City. By 1912 she had established her career as a miniaturist with a solo exhibition of 15 of her paintings at the Worcester Art Museum.[4] She was a member of the American Society of Miniature Painters and the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors at whose exhibitions she was awarded numerous medals.[1] During the 1930s she was also a member of the Works Progress Administration.[5] Cornelia and Howard Hildebrandt spent much of their later years at their summer home in New Canaan, Connecticut. Howard Hildebrandt died in 1958.[2] Cornelia died in New Canaan four years later at the age of 85.[2]
^ abAronson, Julie and Wieseman, Marjorie (2006). "Cornelia Ellis Hildebrandt", Perfect Likeness: European And American Portrait Miniatures from the Cincinnati Art Museum, p. 207. Yale University Press. ISBN0-300-11580-6
^Dearinger, David Bernard (2004). "Howard Logan Hildebrandt", Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of National Academy of Design, 1826-1925, p. 273. Hudson Hills. ISBN1-55595-029-9
^Stricler, Susan E.; Gibson, Marianne E. (1989). American Portrait Miniatures: The Worcester Art Museum Collection, p. 69. Worcester Art Museum. ISBN0-936042-44-3
