The Fullers had two children, Clara Bertram, born in 1895, and Charles, born in 1897. In 1897, they purchased a home in Plainfield, New Hampshire, and were active members of the
Cornish Art Colony. Fairchild Fuller's brother, "Jack" John Cummings Fairchild, married the painter
Francis C. Lyons Houston's daughter,
Charlotte Fairchild, in 1898. The couple became estranged in 1901. Fairchild Fuller was portrayed in a 1902 painting, variously titled
The Spinet, or
Lady and Spinet, or
Lady Playing Harpsichord, or
Portrait of Lucia, by Cornish Colony founder and painter,
Thomas Wilmer Dewing. Dewing executed a nearly identical "partner" painting of her that summer. In 1905, Fairchild Fuller became separated from her husband, who returned to his family home in Deerfield, Massachusetts to live with his mother, Agnes Higginson Fuller. They remained owners of their home in Plainfield, and continued to spend time in the area, often renting the home to other artists, including
Ethel Barrymore and the
Zorachs. In 1905, Fairchild Fuller painted a second self-portrait,
In the Looking Glass, a 6 x 4 inch watercolor on ivory, wherein she depicted herself as a mature woman with eyeglasses, looking directly at the viewer. The work, owned by Fairchild Fuller's family, was included in the 1987 publication
American Women Artists, 1830-1930, by Eleanor Tufts, one of the first publications by the newly opened
National Museum of Women in the Arts. Fairchild Fuller moved to New York City, where she taught at the Art Students League in the years 1910-11 and 1914-15. The only school specializing in miniature painting in New York City, The American School of Miniature Painting, operated from 1914 to 1924. Fairchild Fuller taught alongside the artist Elsie D. Pattee and trained the Texan artist
Elsie Motz Lowdon. They were the same age, had arrived in Cornish about the same time, and had shared a decade of experience in the Cornish Colony. She died there of
multiple sclerosis on May 21, 1924, at the age of 51. ==Gallery==