biografia di Clara Louise BELL (1886-1978)

Birth place: Newton Falls, OH

Addresses: NYC

Profession: Painter

Studied: Cleveland Sch. Art; ASL; also with Henry G. Keller; Edith Stevenson Wright.

Exhibited: PAFA, 1917, 1940; CMA, 1919 (prize), 1920-22, 1923 (prize), 1925 (prize), 1926; Studio Cl, 1926 (prize), 1927 (prize), 1928 (prize); ASMP, 1926-46; NAWA, 1928-30 (med.), 1931-33, 1936-64 (1949, 1961 & 64 prizes, 1930, 1952 & 59 medals); Brooklyn Soc. Min. P., 1928-38; Syracuse Mus., FA, 1929; Montclair A. Mus., 1930; Un. Lg. Cl., 1930; BM, 1936; WFNY, 1939; Butler Al, 1939; Vose Gal.; Colony Cl., 1946; All. A. Am., 1954, 1960 & 1973; Royal Soc. Miniature Painters, London, Eng., 1958; Rehoboth Art League, Del., 1960; Chester Art Guild, VT, 1960-64; Smithsonian traveling exh. of miniatures, 1966.

Member: Am. Soc. Miniature Painters; NAWA (jury mem., 1962-63, exhib. jury, 1964-65); Brooklyn Soc. Min. P.; Studio Cl., NYC

Work: MMA; BM; Masonic Temple, Youngstown, OH; Butler Inst. Am. Art; Coast Guard Acad., Hamilton Hall, New London, Conn.

Comments: Publications: contribr., Art Digest,1951 & Am Artist, 1958.

Sources: WW73; WW47.