William & Lee Kaula - Artists
New Ipswich Historical Society
William Jurian Kaula & Lee Lufkin Kaula
by Kim Black
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.
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.
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.
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.
WWII Veterans
Hazel Moore compiled an album of New Ipswich WWII veterans for the New Ipswich Historical Society. As a prelude to our town’s Memorial Day celebration, we will feature one photo each day:
On this day - April 10, 1908
James Roger diary entry
10th (Friday)
Dull and cloudy but mild. David at Greenville Depot for freight for Shirland. Got a letter today from lawyer Bales of Wilton about the chicken coops Hamish bought C. Willard and we have agreed to return the coops to Stearns and pay him $500. Better that than bother with law courts. Also a letter from Millerton with invitation to Joesphine Traver’s wedding on the 25th.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187917145/william-jurian-kaula
Which house in Bank Village?