Elfriede Abbe

Elfriede Abbe studied at Cornell University, Syracuse University and Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning. Training under Brenda Putnam is recorded. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is art of sculpture and illustration. Residence is recorded at upstate New York and Manchester. Employment is recorded with Cornell University. Works named in the authority record are Abbe Press. Work by Elfriede Abbe is recorded in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago.

• Name — Elfriede Abbe • Birth Name — Elfriede Martha Abbe • Born — February 6, 1919 • Birthplace — Washington, D.C., U.S. • Died — December 31, 2012 February 6, 1919 • Place of death — Manchester, Vermont, U.S. • Known for — Sculpture Engraving Illustrator • Training — Cornell University

• Illustration — Sixth Day by Abbe Abbe was born in Washington, D.C., in 1919. She graduated from Cornell University in 1940, earning a degree in architecture, and attended Syracuse University.

Her statue The Hunter was featured at the 1939 New York World's Fair in New York City. From 1942 until her retirement in 1974, she was an illustrator at Cornell University. After retiring from Cornell, she lived and worked in Manchester, Vermont until her death in 2012. During her retirement, she published on art and natural history, continuing to produce artwork throughout her life.

The canonical record carries the following identifying particulars.

• Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • Cornell University, Ithaca, New York • Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City • National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. • New York Botanical Garden, The Bronx, New York City • Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts • Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut