{"id":1441,"date":"2026-10-02T07:44:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T11:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newipswichhistoricalsociety.org\/wpblog1\/?p=1441"},"modified":"2026-10-02T07:44:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T11:44:03","slug":"william-lee-kaula-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newipswichhistoricalsociety.org\/wpblog1\/william-lee-kaula-artists\/","title":{"rendered":"William & Lee Kaula – Artists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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William J Kaula painting at New Ipswich Libary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

by Kim Black (Originally published Apr 10, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

William and Lee, for many years, were summer residents of Bank Village in New Ipswich.  Both became accomplished New England artists; William focused on landscape painting and Lee explored a variety of genres but her portraits of women and children were the standouts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

William, born in 1871, met Lee while studying art in France.  They married in 1902.  After a successful career, William died in 1953 and is buried in our New Ipswich Central Cemetery.  Lee, born 1865, passed away four years after William in 1957 and is buried with her husband.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the many images of their paintings available to enjoy on the internet, William was also a prolific diarist.  While studying art in France he captured the unique experience of living in a foreign country and continued writing even after his marriage to Lee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NIHS is fortunate to have a copy of William’s diary and will include his writings, beginning in April 1896, for folks to compare and contrast with John Roger’s diary entries.  Transcription will begin tomorrow where we’ll find some entries are brief and concise, others quite loquacious.  William surely painted as well with words as he did with watercolors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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William J Kaula<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lee Lufkin Kaula<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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