| Birth name | Esther Elvira Holbeck |
|---|---|
| Born | April 1, 1901 Two Harbors, Minnesota |
| Died | 1990 La Mesa, California |
| Awards | County fairs |
| Website | Esther Rose listing in AskArt |
Esther Elvira Rose (1901-1990), an American painter, worked in oils, collage, silkscreen and watercolors.
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Esther Holbeck, whose parents arrived at Ellis Island, separately, from Sweden and Norway, was born in Two Harbors, Minnesota, and at 20 married 31-year-old Frank Rose, an amateur photographer and a sports writer at the Two Harbors newspaper.
Shortly after marrying on July 9, 1921, they settled in San Diego, California, where they established the city's first Karmelkorn Shoppe franchise shopfront in downtown San Diego, at 7th and B Streets in the Fox Building, a renovated movie palace that today houses the San Diego Symphony.[1]
Each year Mrs. Rose entered her paintings in the San Diego County Fair, held at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, where she was awarded first-, second- and third-place ribbons. After the Roses retired, they moved to Carmel-by-the-Sea in Northern California, where Rose continued studying art and received awards in the Monterey and Carmel Valley county fairs. Rose, who began painting at age 45 after studying under water color instructor J. Milford Ellison,[2] through the San Diego Art Institute at Ellison's Balboa Park art studio in Spanish Village.[3] Rose is known for her impressionist renditions of California coastal images.
Esther and Frank had three children, including her youngest, the late Russian Orthodox Hieromonk Seraphim Rose, and author and antiques expert, the late Eileen Rose Busby. Grandchildren include scientist J. Michael Scott, antiques expert Cordelia Mendoza, and true crime author Cathy Scott.