b.1918 --d.1998
Painter. Wife of sculptor Maxim M. Elias, and mother of artists Max K. Elias, Alix, Natasha, and Nicole Elias. She exhibited widely in the Washington D.C. area (1940's--1960's); at, among other venues, the National Gallery of Art /Smithsonian/ Rotunda area shows, the Corcoran Gallery, Society of Washington Artists, and Georgetown Day School's summer shows. In 1958, she collaborated on a 2 person show with husband Maxim M. Elias at the Sculptors Studio Gallery in Georgetown (D.C.).
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She studied and exhibited with D.C. painter Dante Radice, and replaced him in 1950 (retiring in 1975) as head of the art department at Georgetown Day School (Washington D.C.), except for 3 years spent in Europe, where she studied with Oskar Kokoschka at the Sommerakademe fur Bildende Kunste in Salzburg Austria.
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She was born in Racine Wisconsin to Leo and Agnes (Myrup) Shilling, immigrants from Denmark.
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Myra Elias
AVAILABLE FOR SALE
PRESS and Exhibitions
MYRA ELIAS had 2 paintings exhibited posthumously in her son Max K's solo show at the Gettysburg Pa. Adams County Arts Council (A.C.A.C.) in 2014. These were "Arc de Triomphe" (aka "Brandenburg Gate"), which is still available, and "Spirit Rising", which was sold.
2014
On rear wall to the right is Myra Elias's painting "Arc de Triomphe (sic)" aka "Brandenburg Gate"
This painting is shown on exhibit at Max K's solo show at the Adams County Arts Council
MYRA ELIAS had several paintings exhibited posthumously in the 2014 Georgetown Day School Alumni Art Show in Washington D.C.
2014
MYRA ELIAS exhibited with her husband Maxim M Elias in a dual show of paintings and sculpture at the Sculptors Studio and Gallery in Washington D.C.
1958
During the late 1940's, and the decade of the 1950's, Myra exhibited frequently in the Society of Washington Artists shows, summer shows at Georgetown Day School, Corcoran Gallery of Art Artists of Washington and Vicinity shows, and in the National Gallery of Art Rotunda art shows, all in Washington D.C.
1940's
1950's
