Nellie Ellen Shepherd (April 30, 1877 – July 18, 1920) was an American painter.
Nellie graduated from high school and enrolled in the Art Academy of Cincinnati, before studying in Paris for three years[1] and working with Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin;[2] her portrait of her sister Lottie was selected for the 1910 Paris Salon, where it won an honorable mention.
[3] Shepherd suffered from poor health for some years, and after sojourns in Colorado and Arizona she died in Tucson of tuberculosis.
[1] Shepherd's style has been described as Impressionistic;[2] she worked primarily in oils, and produced mainly portraits.
[1] Shepherd's sisters Nettie and Leona were also active as artists; work by the trio was the subject of an auction in Oklahoma City in 2009.