Helen Watson Phelps

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Helen Watson Phelps
Born1864 (1864)
Died1944 (aged 79–80)
NationalityAmerican
Known forPainting

Helen Watson Phelps (1864–1944) was an American painter.

Biography

Helen Watson Phelps, "L'Abandon" in Rhode Island School of Design Museum collection

Phelps was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts in 1864.[1]

Phelps is known to have received some training at the

1893 World's Fair in Chicago.[4] In 1915 she exhibited a group of paintings alongside pieces by Alice Schille, Adelaide Deming and Emma Lampert Cooper.[5] Phelps' work was described as having European tendencies, and was well-regarded by critics.[6]

Death and legacy

Phelps died in New York City in 1944.

Charlotte Buell Coman is in the collection of the National Academy.[2]

References

  1. . Retrieved 31 March 2020.
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  3. ^ John William Leonard; Albert Nelson Marquis (1913). Who's who in America. Marquis Who's Who. pp. 2466–.
  4. ^ Dr. Kathleen L. Nichols. "United States Women Painters: 1893 Exposition—page 10". Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Group exhibition of recent paintings by Helen Watson Phelps, Alice Schille, Adelaide Deming and Emma Lampert Cooper [electronic resource] : pictures of India, Mar. 1–13, 1915". Internet Archive. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  6. ^ The Art World: A Monthly for the Public Devoted to the Higher Ideals ... Kalon Publishing Company Incorporated. 1917. pp. 491–.
  7. ^ Petteys, Chris, “Dictionary of Women Artists: An international dictionary of women artists born before 1900”, G.K. Hall & Co., Boston, 1985
  8. ^ "Bert Gallery". Retrieved 4 March 2016.

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