Louis Betts
Louis Betts | |
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| Born | October 5, 1873 |
| Died | August 13, 1961 (aged 87) |
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Louis Betts (October 5, 1873 – August 13, 1961) was an American portrait painter.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Betts was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. His father was an artist who remarried after Louis' mother died. His family moved to Chicago where his three younger siblings were born. Betts was able to continue his study of art as did his siblings.
Betts studied with William Merritt Chase at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1894, worked in Chicago and New York, and was made a full member of the National Academy of Design by 1915. He served as president of the Salmagundi Club and vice president of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. His portrait subjects included Doctors William J. and Charles H. Mayo, George Eastman, George Mundelein, and J. Hamilton Lewis.[1]
He died on August 13, 1961.[2]
References
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[edit | edit source]- Michael Huey Dearie — The Louis Betts Portrait of Harriet King Huey, Schlebrügge, Vienna 2011. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
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- Biographical Notes, a catalog of American artists containing additional information on Betts (page 7).
- Works by Louis Betts at Project Gutenberg
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- 1873 births
- 1961 deaths
- Artists from Little Rock, Arkansas
- 19th-century American painters
- American male painters
- 20th-century American painters
- Members of the Salmagundi Club
- 19th-century American male artists
- 20th-century American male artists
- Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
- American painter, 1870s birth stubs