Elise Driggs grew up in the Suburbs of New York City, living with her mom and dad. Her parents were enthusiastically supportive of her art encouraging her later career in art!
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In her twenties, Elise Driggs attended the Art Students League of New York where she studied art, traveling abroad and finding her passion in painting representations of modern cityscapes. Upon returning to New York, she settled in the city and frequented the Charles Daniel Gallery.
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In the 1920s, Driggs became one of the few women amongst white male artists in the Precisionist movement, which celebrated the American Industrial age. Her best known works, like “Pittsburgh” (1928) and “Queensborough Bridge” (1927), depict romanticized industrial forms enveloped in smoke and haze.
In the 1920s, Driggs became one of the few women amongst a group of white men in the Precisionist movement, which celebrated the machine age and industrial progress. Her best known works, like “Pittsburgh” (1928) and “Queensborough Bridge” (1927), depict romanticized industrial forms.
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