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ART 101 presents: Ellen Emmet in Paris, 1896 to 1900 ART 101 departs from the contemporary art scene, and takes a step back into the late 19th century, to exhibit the letters and sketches of the young Ellen Gertrude Emmet, one of the generation of talented Emmet women painters -- Rosina Emmet Sherwood, Lydia Field Emmet, Jane Emmet de Glehn, and Leslie Emmet. Ellen Emmet, who re-named herself Bay, was one of the four daughters of Elly James Temple and Christopher Temple Emmet. Christopher died when Bay was nine, leaving Elly with modest means for the education and welfare of her daughters. Bay was fiercely protective of her mother and determined to find a way to help her. Her artistic talent was evident from the time she was a small child. At the age of 14, she enrolled in the Art Students League, where she studied with William Merritt Chase, Robert Reid, and Kenyon Cox. Within a short time, she and some other students took a studio of their own, and had regular visits and critiques from Chase and Reid. Chase was an important influence in the lives of the young Emmet painters; he recognized their talents and encouraged them to aim high. In the summer of 1891, while Bay was a student at Chase鈥檚 Shinnecock Summer School, her drawings drew the attention of Harry McVicker, who was just starting VOGUE. He immediately hired her and for several years thereafter she earned the lion鈥檚 share of the family income by illustrating for VOGUE and HARPER鈥橲 WEEKLY. The money was good and a source of great satisfaction, but Bay was frustrated by not spending all her time painting. She longed to go to Paris where she could at last get the instruction and experience she needed. She was not proud of her illustrating career, but it did allow her to start to save for Paris. At long last, in the fall of 1896, Bay and her sister Rosina set off for Paris. Their first stop was London, to meet Cousin Henry James who had been keeping an encouraging eye on them from