Betsy Flagg Melcher
| Betsy Flagg Melcher | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 8, 1900[1] New York, New York, United States[2] |
| Died |
April 21, 1991 (aged 91)[1] Ellsworth, Maine, United States[2] |
Betsy Flagg Melcher (April 8, 1900 – 1991) was an American miniature portraitist.
Early life and education
Melcher was born in New York City. She painted miniature portraits. She studied under Cecilia Beaux,[2] Mabel R. Welch (d. 1959), and Alfred Hoen (1869–1954)[3]
Mid-life and career
She married John Stevens Melcher (1895–1956). She had a daughter, Pamela Melcher (1927–2005), with John, in 1927.[1] In 1942, she was awarded the Levantia White Boardman Bronze Memorial Prize Medal.[2] She painted portraits of Marguerite Yourcenar, Brooke Astor, August Belmont, Jr., Samuel Eliot Morison, and Mary Parkman Peabody.[4]
Later life and legacy
She served as president of the American Society of Miniature Painters.[2] Upon her death in 1991, she was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery in Northeast Harbor, Maine.[1]
Notable collections
- Old Woman in Grey, watercolor on ivory, 1931; Smithsonian American Art Museum[5]
- "Ernest Flagg", watercolor on ivory, National Gallery of Art. formerly (2014) in the Corcoran Gallery of Art[6]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Betsy Flagg Melcher". Find A Grave. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Betsy Flagg Melcher". Search Collections. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
- ↑ Falk, Peter Hastings, Who Was Who in American Art, Sound View Press, Madison Connecticut, 1985
- ↑ "Melcher Exhibit to Open". The Ellsworth American. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ↑ "Old Woman in Grey". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ↑ http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1Q50K2997369Q.334&profile=ariall&uri=link=3100006~!403059~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!siartinventories&term=Flagg%2C+Betsy+Melcher%2C++1900-1991%2C+painter.&index=AUTHOR
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