Elizabeth Ford

Artist Details

• First Name Elizabeth
• Middle Name Kilbourne
• Maiden Name Merrill
• Alternate Name(s) Elizabeth K. Merrill Elizabeth Merrill Cobb
• Surname Ford
• Spouse’s Full Name  Charles Cobb; married June 20, 1953
• Previous Spouse(s) Donald Ford (?-1934); married 1926    
• Names and Birth Years of Children Warwick (March 12, 1928-?)
• Birth Date February 19, 1902
• Birth Place Chicago, Illinois
• Death Date December 4, 1977
• Death Place Los Angeles, California
• Residence(s) Chicago, Illinois
  
  1942: Arizona
  
  1943: California
• Active In Chicago, Illinois
  
  California
• Categories Muralist, Painter-Oil, Pastelist
• Training 1920-1921, 1923-1926: School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (did not graduate)
  DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois; studied education
  1954: degree in art from University of California-Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California
  
• Exhibitions History 1924: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois: Suffer the Little Children to Come Unto Me
• Collections Erskine College
  
  Fort Dearborn Elementary School
  
  Superior Tea Room, Beverly Hills, California
  
  Mission San Antonio, Jolon, California
  
  Mount Vernon Elementary School
  
  Vanderpoel Museum Collection
  
  Vanderpoel School
• Memberships American Association of Women
  
  Daughters of the American Revolution
  
  National Federation of Republican Women
  
  Santa Barbara Women’s Club, Santa Barbara, California
  
  South Side Art Association
  
  Stroller’s Club
  
  Teacher’s Retirement Society
• Other Occupation(s) 1934: YMCA in adult education program
  
  1939-1942:
  
  Director of Recreation, Chicago Park District, Chicago, Illinois
  
  designed sets and costumes for federally funded shows
  
  graphic designer for Park District
  
  lectured
  
  1944-1977: teacher in Santa Barbara, California
• Biography see essay on this website by Ashley Schork, 2009