biografia di Nan Forbes WATSON (1876-1966)

Birth place: Edinburgh, Scotland

Death place: Wash., DC

Addresses: Buffalo, NY; NYC; Wash., DC/Harbor Springs, MI

Profession: Painter

Studied: Buffalo, NY; Paris, with Girardot, Prinet; Wm. Chase in NYC

Exhibited: Soc. Indep. Artists, 1917, 1920; NAD; PAFA Ann., 1920, 1933, 1938-42; Whitney Studio Gals., 1925, 1929; Wildenstein Gal., 1923; Gal. Durand-Ruel, 1923; Frank Rehn Gals., 1929; CGA, biennials, 1930-43 (7 times); Kraushaar Art Gal., 1932, 1937; Phillips Collection, Wash., DC; WFNY, 1939; Golden Gate Expo, 1940; Arts Club Wash., 1941 (solo); Wadsworth Atheneum, 1960 (solo)

Work: WMAA; PMA; MMA; PMG; CGA

Comments: Specialty: portraits and still lifes. Her family came to the U.S. when she was a child and she received her first art instruction in Buffalo, followed by about 6 years in France. She painted steadily until her death.

Sources: WW40; McMahan, Artists of Washington, DC; Falk, Exh. Record Series.

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