Elizabeth Kimball Nedved (1897-1969)
untitled, circa 1925
watercolor
Elizabeth Kimball Nedved (1897-1969)
Ca' d'Oro Venice, circa 1927
watercolor
Nedved & Kimball
Sunset Point, 1927
Eagle River, Wisconsin
Nedved and Kimball
pulpit, Austin Presbyterian Church, 1927
Hamilton, Fellows & Nedved
Wyandotte High School, 1937
Kansas City, Kansas
Artist Details
Elizabeth
Kimball
Nedved
Rudolph James Nedved (Bohemia 1895-1971); immigrated to Chicago as a child with his family; graduated Crane High School; worked as draftsman for Western Electric Company; graduated from Armour Institute in 1921; taught architecture design at Armour Institute; architect; her business partner from 1926 in Nedved & Kimball architects
married September 1923 in City Temple Church, London, England
n/a
Kimball (October 1928-?)
son
daughter
October 26, 1897
Chicago, Illinois
1969
Winnetka
Glencoe (Glasner House by Frank Lloyd Wright)
1937-before 1950: VIrginia
Chicago, Illinois
Marquette Building, Chicago, Illinois
Architect, Watercolorist
graduated New Trier High School, Winnetka, Illinois
1916-1918: Church School of Art, Chicago, Illinois; specialized in interior decorating
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois (one year)
1921-1925: University of Illinois; studied architecture
Armour Institute, Chicago, Illinois
February 3-March 8, 1927: Thirty-First Annual Exhibition of Works by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity, the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois: A Tuscan Farmhouse, watercolor; Praha, watercolor; The Fish Market of Chartres, watercolor
1927: Second Annual Woman’s World’s Fair, Coliseum, Chicago, Illinois; model nursery and kitchen [with Juliette Peddle and Catherine Heller]
"This Woman Has Both a Career and a Husband: She and He Forge to the Front of Architects," Chicago Daily Tribune, May 6, 1928
American Institute of Architects (purportedly the first woman member)
Women’s Architectural Club of Chicago (founded 1927); 1931: President; 1932: Vice President
: interior decorator, Marshall Field & Co., Chicago, Illinois
draftsman, Tallmadge & Watson architects, Chicago, Illinois (while a student at Northwestern University)
taught watercolor painting, Chicago Architectural Sketch Club
during World War II: marine engineer for US Nay, Bureau of Ships