Background
Daingerfield, Elliott was born on March 26, 1859 in Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, United States. Son of John E. P. and Matilda (Brua) Daingerfield.
Daingerfield, Elliott was born on March 26, 1859 in Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, United States. Son of John E. P. and Matilda (Brua) Daingerfield.
Educated in schools, academic, and by private tutor at Fayetteville, North Carolina. Studied drawing and painting in New York with private teacher and at Art Students’ League.
First exhibited at National Academy Design, 1880. Studied in Europe, 1897. Commissioned to paint the Lady Chapel of the Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, New York, 1902.
Public lecturer on art
Head of Permanent Art School, Blowing Rock, North Carolina Notable paintings: Madonna and Child (property of Haley Fiske). Child of Mary (silver medal).
The Story of the Madonna (prize, 1902). Slumbering Fog (Metropolitan Museum of Art), et cetera
Silver medal, Buffalo Exposition, 1901.
Clarke prize, National Academy Design, 1902. North.A., 1906; member Fine Arts Federation, New York Water Color Club. Author: (monographs) George Inness, 1911.
R. A. Blakelock, 1914.
Member Fine Arts Federation, New York Water Color.
Married Roberta Strange French. Married second, Anna East. Grainger, December 30, 1895. Children: Marjorie Jay, Gwendoline.