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{{Short description|American painter}}
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| birth_name    = Esther Elvira Holbeck
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| birth_place   = [[Two Harbors, Minnesota]], U.S.
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|1990|07|16|1901|04|01}}
| death_place   = [[La Mesa, California]], U.S.
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[[Image:Image-Image-EstherRoseSeascape.jpg|thumb|275 px|Esther Rose, ''Seascape'' of [[Carmel-by-the-Sea, California]]]]
'''Esther Elvina Rose''' (April 1, 1901 – July 16, 1990)  was an American [[Painting|painter]] who worked in oils, [[collage]], [[silkscreen]] and [[watercolors]]. She was best known for her impressionist renditions of California coastal images.
<ref>{{cite web
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|title        = Rose, Esther Holbeck 1901-1990
|publisher    = The Monterey County Herald
|date         = July 19, 1990
|access-date   = January 10, 2016
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20160324045246/http://www.cagenweb.com/montereybbs/viewtopic.php?p=22879&sid=00f145cb95c7e9361a69da6d36677bfe
|archive-date = March 24, 2016
|url-status   = live
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==Early life==
Esther Elvina Holbeck was born in [[Two Harbors, Minnesota]].<ref name="AskArt Bio" /><ref>[http://www.archives.com/1940-census/esther-rose-ca-31306014 Esther Rose in 1940 census] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101051113/http://www.archives.com/1940-census/esther-rose-ca-31306014 |date=January 1, 2014 }}. Archives.com. Retrieved December 30, 2013.</ref> Esther's parents were John and Hilma Holbeck.<ref name="C1910" /> John emigrated from Norway in 1883 and Hilma in 1880. Hilma was born in Norway however her parents were Swedish. The third of five children all born in the United States, Esther's siblings were Ingwald J., Alma Ingeborg, Hilmar Arnold and Carl Wallace. In 1910 the family lived in [[Lake County, Minnesota|Waldo, Lake County, Minnesota]]. They lived in [[Two Harbors, Minnesota]], by 1920.<ref name="C1910">Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: [https://www.archives.gov/research/census/publications-microfilm-catalogs-census/1910/index.html NARA] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011142928/http://www.archives.gov/research/census/publications-microfilm-catalogs-census/1910/index.html |date=October 11, 2016 }} ([[WP:Primary sources|primary source]], allowed as published by a reliable source and no extrapolation of the information.)</ref><ref>Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: [https://www.archives.gov/research/census/publications-microfilm-catalogs-census/1920/index.html NARA] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011142947/http://www.archives.gov/research/census/publications-microfilm-catalogs-census/1920/index.html |date=October 11, 2016 }}. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 are on roll 323 (Chicago City). ([[WP:Primary sources|primary source]], allowed as published by a reliable source and no extrapolation of the information.)</ref>
On July 9, 1921, Esther married Frank Archie Rose. Frank had served during World War I as a sergeant in the United States Army. He was an amateur photographer and had been a sports writer for the [[Two Harbors, Minnesota]], newspaper.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}} They settled in [[San Diego]], California in 1924 and that year established the first Karmelkorn Shoppe in San Diego.<ref name="AskArt Bio" /><ref name="Artists in California, 1786-1940"/>
==Artistic career==
Rose began painting at age 45. She studied under portraitist Frederick Taubes, seascape artist Bennett Bradbury and water color instructor J. Milford Ellison<ref name="Artists in California, 1786-1940"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.askart.com/askart/e/j_milford_ellison/j_milford_ellison.aspx |title=AskArt listing for Julius Milford Ellison |access-date=June 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622100842/http://www.askart.com/askart/e/j_milford_ellison/j_milford_ellison.aspx |archive-date=June 22, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> at the [[San Diego Art Institute]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/object/bb49162928/_1.pdf|title=''Bear Facts'', published by UCSD Women, Vol. 9, No. 5, pg. 7|date=February 1973}}</ref>
She is particularly known for her [[seascape]]s of the [[California coast]] of an [[Impressionism|Impressionistic]] style,<ref name="AskArt Bio" /> and she also made [[still life]] and [[landscape art|landscape]] paintings. She painted with [[oil paint|oils]] and [[watercolor]]. Aside from easel painting, Rose explored [[silk-screen]]ing, [[serigraphy]], [[screenprinting]], [[printmaking]] and [[collage]]s.<ref name="AskArt Quick Facts" /><ref>[[Edan Milton Hughes]] (1989). [https://www.amazon.com/Artists-California-1786-1940-Milton-Hughes/dp/0961611219/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1333312837&sr=1-1 ''Artists in California, 1786-1940''].</ref>
Rose was a member of the West Coast Art Association, Central Coast Art Association, the Pacific Grove Art Association, in the Monterey area, and the Foothills Art Association in La Mesa, California.<ref name="Artists in California, 1786-1940">{{cite book|first=Dan Milton |last=Hughes|url=https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&hl=en&q=%22artists+in+california%22+1940+esther+rose|title=Artists in California, 1786-1940|year=1989|publisher=University of California|location=California|isbn=9780961611217|page=955}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Esther and Frank had three children. Eugene Dennis Rose became the Orthodox Christian Hieromonk known as [[Seraphim Rose]]. [[Eileen Rose Busby]] was an author and [[antiques]] expert<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050409/news_1m9busby.html |title=Obituary: Eileen Rose Busby; writer, world traveler and antiques expert {{!}} ''The San Diego Union-Tribune''<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=January 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205104614/http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050409/news_1m9busby.html |archive-date=December 5, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> and Frank Rose was a businessman. Grandchildren include scientist [[J. Michael Scott]], antiques expert [[Cordelia Mendoza]], and true crime author [[Cathy Scott]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=  https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7DY-N5N
|title=  Frank Rose
|publisher=  United States Census, Bronx (Districts 251-500), Bronx, New York
|date=  1930
|access-date=  January 10, 2016
|archive-url=  https://web.archive.org/web/20160304131835/https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7DY-N5N
|archive-date=  March 4, 2016
|url-status=  live
}}</ref>
After the Roses retired, they moved to [[Carmel-by-the-Sea]] in [[Northern California]].<ref name="AskArt Bio">[http://www.askart.com/askart/artist.aspx?artist=136849 Esther Rose Biography.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525012816/http://www.askart.com/askart/artist.aspx?artist=136849 |date=May 25, 2011 }} AskArt. Retrieved December 31, 2013.</ref><ref name="Artists in California, 1786-1940"/> Her husband, Frank, died on July 30, 1968, and Esther Rose died in 1990 in [[La Mesa, California]]. Both are buried at the El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove, California.<ref name="AskArt Quick Facts">[http://www.askart.com/AskART/artists/search/ArtistKeywords.aspx?artist=136849 Esther Rose Quick Facts.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229021648/http://www.askart.com/AskART/artists/search/ArtistKeywords.aspx?artist=136849 |date=December 29, 2013 }} AskArt. Retrieved December 31, 2013.</ref>
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[[Category:People from Two Harbors, Minnesota]]
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[[Category:Artists of the American West]]
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[[Category:American landscape painters]]
[[Category:Painters from California]]
[[Category:20th-century American women painters]]
[[Category:Artists from Carmel-by-the-Sea, California]]