Eda Nemoede Casterton

Eda Nemoede Casterton was an American painter known specifically for her portrait miniatures in watercolor, pastels and oil. She exhibited works at the Paris Salon and the San Francisco PanamaPacific Exhibition of 1915, among others. Her works are at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Brooklyn Museum of Art.

Eda Wilhelmina Nemoede was born in Brillion, Wisconsin on April 14, 1877 to Edward Carl Ludwig Nemoede and Maria Georgina Bastian of German ancestry. They hadchildren, eight of whom reached adulthood. Her father was a harness maker. Six of her elder siblings, from oldest to youngest, were Bertha, Agnes, Rudolph, Anna, Hattie and Herman. Bertha wasyears older than Eda.

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