Adelaide Deming

Adelaide Deming (1864–1956) was an American painter, associated for much of her life with Litchfield, Connecticut. Born in Litchfield, Deming was descended from a family with deep roots in the community. She received much of her training in New York City, studying at the Art Students League of New York; her teachers included William Merritt Chase, William Lathrop, Henry B. Snow, and Arthur Wesley Dow. She taught at the Pratt Institute for eight years. She traveled widely in Europe, the Caribbean, and Egypt, but her best-known works were her New England landscapes, frequently depicting scenes from her hometown. In 1915 she exhibited a group of paintings alongside pieces by Alice Schille, Helen Watson Phelps and Emma Lampert Cooper; during her career she also showed at the National Academy o

Adelaide Deming

Adelaide Deming (1864–1956) was an American painter, associated for much of her life with Litchfield, Connecticut. Born in Litchfield, Deming was descended from a family with deep roots in the community. She received much of her training in New York City, studying at the Art Students League of New York; her teachers included William Merritt Chase, William Lathrop, Henry B. Snow, and Arthur Wesley Dow. She taught at the Pratt Institute for eight years. She traveled widely in Europe, the Caribbean, and Egypt, but her best-known works were her New England landscapes, frequently depicting scenes from her hometown. In 1915 she exhibited a group of paintings alongside pieces by Alice Schille, Helen Watson Phelps and Emma Lampert Cooper; during her career she also showed at the National Academy o