Elliott Daingerfield (1859–1932) was an American artist who lived and worked in North Carolina. He is considered one of North Carolina's most prolific artists.Johnson, Lucille Miller (1992). ''Hometown Heritage, Volume II'', p 2-3. Taylor Publishing Company; Dallas. Elliott, the son of a captain in the

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, was born in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, and raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina.Eldredge, Charles C., and Tom Butler. 2004. ''Tales from the Easel: American Narrative Paintings from Southeastern Museums, circa 1800-1950''. Athens: University of Georgia Press. p. 106. . At 21, he moved to

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to study art and was apprenticed under

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in 1880. He became an instructor in Satterlee's

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class and studied at the

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. In 1884, Daingerfield left Satterlee and met George Inness. The works of Inness, Albert Pinkham Ryder, and Kenyon Cox "inspired his visionary style", according to the art historian Stephanie J. Fox. Daingerfield was also influenced by the European

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whose work he encountered during his time studying in Europe . In the late 1890s he achieved recognition for paintings of religious subjects, an example of which is his mural in the Church of Saint Mary the Virgin in New York City. In 1902, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an associate member; he became a full member in 1906. Daingerfield wrote a number of articles on art, including the essay "Nature versus Art" published in 1911 in '' Scribner's Magazine''. He published a biography of George Inness in 1911, and a biography of

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in 1914. Daingerfield traveled to the American West in 1911 and 1913, and made seven paintings of the

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. He married twice. His first wife, Roberta Strange French, died during childbirth in 1891. His second wife, Anna Grainger (married 1895), bore two daughters named Gwendoline and Marjorie. Elliott Daingerfield died in 1932 and is buried in Cross Creek Cemetery at Fayetteville. In 1971, the North Carolina Museum of Art displayed 200 of Daingerfield's paintings; the museum owns "Grand Canyon" and "Evening Glow." Heritage Square in Fayetteville exhibits Daingerfield's teenage home. The Sandford House showcases the South Parlor as "The Daingerfield Room"''The Woman's Club of Fayetteville NC, Inc. Yearbook 2007-2008'', "The Sandford House" by Mary Stewart Gillis, Club Historian and displays Daingerfield's painting "Angel of Beauty." His first home, Edgewood Cottage, still stands as a tribute. The second is a private residence. His third summer home and studio

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was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

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