Ellen Biddle Shipman
General Information
Occupation: Landscape Architect
Date of Birth: 1869
Date of Death: 1950
Birth City: Philadelphia
Birth State/Province: Pennsylvania
Birth Country: United States
Resident State/Province: South Carolina
Resident Country: United States
Sources: Birnbaum, Charles A., and Robin Karson, eds. Pioneers of American Landscape Design : An Annotated Bibliography. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2000.
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Notable Projects
Title: Gardens at Longue Vue
City: New Orleans
State: Louisiana
Country: United States
Url: http://www.longuevue.com/
Notes: The gardens are among the largest and last remaining public gardens designed by Ellen Biddle Shipman
Title: Duke University Gardens
State: North Carolina
Country: United States
Title: Gardens at the Cummer Museum of Art
City: Jacksonville
State: Florida
Country: United States
Start Date: 1931
Url: http://www.cummer.org/gardens/gardens.htm
Notes: Inspiration for the Italian Garden came from the Villa Gamberaia near Florence, Italy. Known for its Anglo-Italian design and distinct arches, Shipman was asked to design a similar garden. The Cummer Italian Garden is considered a signature piece in Shipman's oeuvre of residential gardens and is one of the few Shipman gardens still in existence.
Education
Institution: Private Tutoring by Charles Platt
Notes: Platt was a leading landscape designer and architect and he introduced in America a formal garden revival inspired by the Italian villa. His most notable commissions were Faulkner Farm, Charles Sprague's estate in Brookline, Massachusetts; Gwinn, William Mather's property near Cleveland, Ohio; and Villa Turicum, the country holdings of Harold and Edith Rockefeller McCormick in Lake Forest, Illinois.
Institution: Columbia University
Degree: Masters of Architecture
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Publications About
Title: The Gardens of Ellen Biddle Shipman
Author: Judith Tankard
Publication: book
Notes: Received the 1998 American Horticulture Society's Annual book Award