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(Redirected from Nellie Sheldon Jacobs) American painter (1854–1926)
Helen Sheldon Jacobs Smillie
Helen Sheldon Jacobs Smillie, circa 1870
BornHelen Sheldon Jacobs
September 14, 1854
New York City, New York, United States
DiedJuly 31, 1926(1926-07-31) (aged 71)
New York City, New York, United States
Other namesNellie Sheldon Jacobs Smillie, Helen Jacobs Smillie
EducationCooper Union,
National Academy of Design
OccupationVisual artist
Known forPainter, watercolorist
SpouseGeorge Henry Smillie (m. 1881–1921; his death)
Children3
RelativesJames David Smillie (brother in-law)

Helen "Nellie" Sheldon Jacobs Smillie (née Helen Sheldon Jacobs; 1854 – 1926) was an American painter, known for genre painting and watercolors. She often used the signature N.S.J. Smillie, and the name Nellie Sheldon Jacobs Smillie.

Biography

Helen Sheldon Jacobs was born on September 14, 1854, in New York City, New York to parents Helen Sheldon and Samuel J. Jacobs. She studied painting at the Cooper Union, and the National Academy of Design. She also took private art lessons from James David Smillie, and Joseph Oriel Eaton.

"When the Dew is in the Grass" by Helen Sheldon Jacobs Smillie
"When the Dew is in the Grass" (1884) by Helen Sheldon Jacobs Smillie

She met painter George Henry Smillie through her teacher, his brother James. In June 1881, she married George at All Souls' Church in New York City. Together they had three sons. They shared an art studio on East 36th Street in Manhattan. She was a member of the American Watercolor Society.

A year prior to her death she was ill with a heart condition. Smillie died on July 31, 1926, in at Hotel Shelton in New York City.

References

  1. ^ "Smillie, Nellie Sheldon Jacobs". Who's Who in America. Chicago, IL: Marquis Who's Who, Inc. 1901. p. 1042 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ "Smillie, Helen Sheldon Jacobs". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford University Press. October 31, 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00170932. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
  3. ^ "Mrs. G.H. Smillie, Artist, Dies at 70". Brooklyn Eagle (Obituary). 1926-08-01. p. 20. Retrieved 2025-01-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Smillie, James David". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 254.
  5. "Marriage of an Artist". The Cincinnati Enquirer. June 29, 1881. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-01-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "An Artist's Marriage". The Philadelphia Times. 1881-06-29. p. 2. Retrieved 2025-01-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Sheldon Smillie of Bellevue Dies at Home". The Pittsburgh Press. 1949-09-20. p. 40. Retrieved 2025-01-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Additional Deaths". The Indiana Democrat (Obituary). November 16, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-01-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Levy, Florence Nightingale (1917). "Smillie, Helen (Nellie) Sheldon Jacobs". American Art Directory. R.R. Bowker. p. 609 – via Google Books.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Smillie, James David". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 254.

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