Deerfield, Massachusetts, artist Elizabeth Brooks Fuller was the daughter of George Spencer Fuller (1863-1911) and granddaughter of George Fuller (1822-1884), both of whom were painters. She trained in Boston, Massachusetts, and spent summers in Maine at the homes of prominent artists Rockwell Kent and George Bellows. There she perfected her style, which was inspired by the later impressionists and the work of Winslow Homer.

World War I drew her back home to Deerfield to help her parents on the farm. Then in 1924, she went to Europe to resume her studies. When she returned to Deerfield she demonstrated her skill in portrait painting. By the 1930s, Ms. Fuller was spending winters in Oracle, Arizona.

When she was in Deerfield, she was active in community affairs, helping to found the Deerfield Valley Art Association and the Pioneer Valley Symphony Orchestra. Upon her brother’s death in 1950, she inherited the family farm in the section of Deerfield known as “The Bars” and she supervised its operation until the early 1960s, when she began to spend more of each year in Arizona. She maintained her ties to Deerfield and continued to visit family and friends for the remainder of her life.