May alcott nieriker biography
May alcott nieriker biography
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Abigail May Alcott Nieriker
American painter
Abigail May Alcott Nieriker | |
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Portrait of May Alcott Nieriker by Rose Peckman (detail) | |
Born | Abigail May Alcott (1840-07-26)July 26, 1840 Concord, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | December 29, 1879(1879-12-29) (aged 39) Paris, France |
Resting place | Montrouge Cemetery, France |
Education | School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, William Morris Hunt, William Rimmer, Krug, Vautier and Müller |
Known for | Painting |
Spouse | Ernest Nieriker (m. 1878) |
Children | Louisa May (Nieriker) Rasim (1879–1975) |
Abigail May Alcott Nieriker (July 26, 1840 – December 29, 1879) was an American artist and the youngest sister of Louisa May Alcott.
She was the basis for the character Amy[1] (an anagram of May) in her sister's semi-autobiographical novelLittle Women (1868). She was named after her mother, Abigail May, and first called Abba, then Abby, and finally May, w