# Louis M. Eilshemius

New Jersey, 1864–1941

Eilshemius studied in New York and at the Académie Julian in Paris and travelled widely, as far as Samoa, painting romantic landscapes and nudes that found few admirers. Marcel Duchamp singled out his work at the 1917 exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists, and modernist circles later championed him, but he had stopped painting around 1921 and spent his last decades writing eccentric, self-promoting pamphlets and letters.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

4 works in the collection.

- [Samoan Scene](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/samoan-scene-si-hmsg-66-1730), Louis M. Eilshemius, 1908. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.
- [Spanish Lady](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/spanish-lady-si-hmsg-66-1745), Louis M. Eilshemius, 1889. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.
- [Three Girls and River](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/three-girls-and-river-si-saam-1980-34-3), Louis M. Eilshemius, 1907. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.
- [Two Gulls and Cliffs](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/two-gulls-and-cliffs-si-saam-1989-43-7), Louis M. Eilshemius, ca. 1913-1921. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.