Helen Watson Phelps

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Helen Watson Phelps
Born1864 (1864)
Attleboro, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died1944 (aged 79–80)
New York City, New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Known forPainting

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

Biography[edit]

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 Académie Julian and with Raphaël Collin in Paris.[2] While there she showed work at the Paris Salon; she also exhibited at the National Academy of Design, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Society of American Artists during her career.[3] She received awards for her paintings at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York in 1901, and from the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors in 1914,[2] and she was represented 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[edit]

Phelps died in New York City in 1944.[7] A pair of portraits by Phelps are held by the Rhode Island School of Design.[8] Her portrait of Charlotte Buell Coman is in the collection of the National Academy.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Phelps, Helen Watson". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00140631. ISBN 978-0-19-977378-7. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b c David Bernard Dearinger; National Academy of Design (U.S.) (2004). Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design: 1826–1925. Hudson Hills. pp. 20–. ISBN 978-1-55595-029-3.
  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.

External links[edit]

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