Bertha E. Perrie
Bertha Eversfield Perrie (June 20, 1868 – September 16, 1921) was an American painter. She has been described as "about the only famous Washington artist who was actually born in D.C." Biography Born in Washington, D.C., Perrie was interested in art from an early age, winning a scholarship to the Art Students League of New York. After completing her time there she returned to Washington, where she would become a major figure in local artistic circles. Late in the 1880s she took a position as a teacher at the Art Students League of Washington, where she was also a student, and to whose governing board she would be elected. She taught watercolor at the Corcoran School of Art for over 20 years, and was also on the faculty at the Gunston Hall School. As a painter she was best known for her work in watercolor, though she also produced oil paintings and etchings; she favored landscapes and seascapes, but she painted in other genres as well. Perrie was among the founders of the Arts Club of Washington, and was also a charter member of both the Society of Washington Artists and the Washington Water Color Club, in whose shows she