Elmer Livingston MacRae (1875–1953) was an American visual artist known for his paintings, pastels, and sketches, and for his role as a leading member of the Cos Cob Art Colony, in Greenwich, Connecticut.

He studied at the Art Students League of New York with Robert Frederick Blum, John Henry Twachtman, H. Siddons Mowbray and James Carroll Beckwith.

[2] MacRae continued living in New York City and coming to Cos Cob to take classes from co-founder John Henry Twachtman.

MacRae learned Japanese-style brushwork from Genjiro Yeto, a Japanese artist and fellow student who frequented the Cos Cob art colony.

By 1915, his work shows a movement away from impressionism and towards modernism, as his preferred subject of flowers became simplified, with stronger shapes and bolder colors.