Lord, Elyse Ashe (1900-1971) by Scholes, Robert

Elyse Ashe Lord (1900 – 1971) She specialized in Oriental subjects, working mainly in dry point and painting on silk. She also did illustrations. Ezra Pound was severe about her work in 1919 , but she was just beginning her career then and had not found her way. Her Oriental work is admired today. (NA 25.6:89)

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