Esther Elvina Rose (April 1, 1901 – July 16, 1990) was an American

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who worked in oils,

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and

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. She was best known for her impressionist renditions of California coastal images.

Early life

Esther Elvina Holbeck was born in

Two Harbors, Minnesota Two Harbors is a city in and the county seat of Lake County, Minnesota, United States, along the shore of Lake Superior. The population was 3,633 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Minnesota State Highway 61 serves as a main route i ...

. Esther's parents were John and Hilma Holbeck. John emigrated from Norway in 1883 and Hilma in 1880. Hilma was born in Norway however her parents were Swedish. The third of five children all born in the United States, Esther's siblings were Ingwald J., Alma Ingeborg, Hilmar Arnold and Carl Wallace. In 1910 the family lived in Waldo, Lake County, Minnesota. They lived in

, by 1920.Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page
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, allowed as published by a reliable source and no extrapolation of the information.) On July 9, 1921, Esther married Frank Archie Rose. Frank had served during World War I as a sergeant in the United States Army. He was an amateur photographer and had been a sports writer for the

, newspaper. They settled in

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, California in 1924 and that year established the first Karmelkorn Shoppe in San Diego.

Artistic career

Rose began painting at age 45. She studied under portraitist Frederick Taubes, seascape artist Bennett Bradbury and water color instructor J. Milford Ellison at the

San Diego Art Institute The San Diego Art Institute was a contemporary art museum with a focus on artists from the Southern California and Baja Norte region. It was founded in 1941 as the San Diego Business Men's Art Club. Its name was changed in 1950 to the San Diego A ...

. She is particularly known for her

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s of the

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of an

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style, and she also made

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and

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paintings. She painted with

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and

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. Aside from easel painting, Rose explored

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ing,

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and

s. Rose was a member of the West Coast Art Association, Central Coast Art Association, the Pacific Grove Art Association, in the Monterey area, and the Foothills Art Association in La Mesa, California.

Personal life

Esther and Frank had three children. Eugene Dennis Rose became the Orthodox Christian Hieromonk known as

Seraphim Rose Seraphim Rose (born Eugene Dennis Rose; August 13, 1934 – September 2, 1982), also known as Seraphim of Platina, was an American priest and hieromonk of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia who co-founded the Saint Herman of Alaska Monas ...

Eileen Rose Busby Eileen Rose Busby (August 15, 1922 – April 6, 2005) was an American author and antiques expert who was featured on HGTV's ''Appraise It!'' show. Early life Busby was born Eileen May Rose in Two Harbors, Minnesota. Her parents, Frank and E ...

was an author and

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expert and Frank Rose was a businessman. Grandchildren include scientist J. Michael Scott, antiques expert

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, and true crime author

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. After the Roses retired, they moved to

Carmel-by-the-Sea Carmel-by-the-Sea (), commonly known simply as Carmel, is a city in Monterey County, California, located on the Central Coast of California. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 3,220, down from 3,722 at the 2010 census. Situa ...

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.Esther Rose Biography.
AskArt. Retrieved December 31, 2013. Her husband, Frank, died on July 30, 1968, and Esther Rose died in 1990 in

La Mesa, California La Mesa () is a city in San Diego County, California, United States, located east of downtown San Diego in Southern California. The population was 61,121 at the 2020 census, up from 57,065 at the 2010 census. Its civic motto is "the Jewel of ...

. Both are buried at the El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove, California.Esther Rose Quick Facts.
AskArt. Retrieved December 31, 2013.

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rose, Esther 1901 births 1990 deaths People from Two Harbors, Minnesota 20th-century American painters American people of Norwegian descent American people of Swedish descent Artists of the American West American Impressionist painters American landscape painters Painters from California 20th-century American women painters Artists from Carmel-by-the-Sea, California