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Hilda Belcher

Hilda Belcher (1881 - 1963) was active/lived in Vermont, New Jersey.  Hilda Belcher is known for Watercolor portrait, figure and genre painting.

Hilda Belcher (1881-1963) a native of Vermont, began a long association with the state of Georgia in 1913, when she was commissioned to paint a portrait of a Savannah resident. She returned to Georgia throughout her career in order to paint commissioned portraits and to portray the African American community of the region. Belcher is best known for her watercolors, a medium in which she was self-taught.

Born in Pittsford, Vermont, on September 20, 1881, Hilda Belcher and her younger brother, Stephen, were the children of Martha Wood Belcher, an artist, and Stephen Paterson Belcher, a manufacturer of stained glass. When the children were teenagers, the family relocated to Newark, New Jersey, but retained their Vermont home, which was designed by Martha Wood Belcher. Upon graduating from Newark High School (later Barringer High School) in 1900, Belcher moved to New York City to further her education.

From 1900 to 1904 Belcher attended the New York School of Art, where she s   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5584 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Hilda Belcher

   Publications  Book References:  29
Magazine References:  5

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5 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Hilda Belcher
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review Five Women Artists of Vermont June 2007 Myers, Mickey Yes
American Art Review New Women Students of Robert Henri March 2005 Wardle, Marian Yes
American Art Review Challenging Tradition: Women of the August 2003 Dearinger, D & Dervaux, I Yes
American Art Review A Noble Tradition June 1995 Lowrey, Carol Yes
American Art Review Hilda Belcher, Realist Rediscovered August 1994 Cohen, Janie Yes
29 Book References for Hilda Belcher
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2005 Marion Wardle and Stephanie American Women Modernists: The Legacy of Robert Henri 1910-1945 (Brigham Young University Museum of Art) 274 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1999 Steiner, Raymond J The Art Students League of New York A History (Teachers) 0 No
1999 Steiner, Raymond J The Art Students League of New York: A History (Students) 187 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950
(Exhibition catalog)
622 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)
1117 No
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II
(Exhibition catalog)
612 No
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)
538 No
1989 Fresella-Lee, Nancy The American Paintings (in the) Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art 222 Yes
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1986 Chetham, Charles; David Grose A Guide to the Collections: Smith College Museum of Art 312 Yes
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1985 Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900 851 No
1984 Marlor, Clark S The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944
(Exhibition catalog)
600 No
1982 Opitz, Glenn Dictionary of American Artists 372 No
1981 Newark Museum American Art in the Newark Museum Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture 431 Yes
1975 Chambers, Bruce W American Paintings in the High Museum of Art/Bicentenial Catalogue 127 Yes
1973 Collins, Jim L. Women Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to Present 426 No
1972 Earle, Helen L Biographical Sketches of American Artists 370 No
1954 Clark, Eliot History of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953 296 No
1945 Watson, Ernest W/Norman Kent Watercolor Demonstrated 100 Yes
1940 Hall, W. S. Eyes on America United States as Seen by Her Artists 150 Yes
1937 Breckinridge, Mrs. H. (essay) Second National Exhibition of American Art Summer 1937
(Exhibition catalog)
32 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
1915 Walter, John; Pedro Lemos Panama-Pacific Exposition: Catalogue of the Post-Exposition Exhibit 112 No
1913 Editor Catalogue of the Forty-Sixth Annual Exhibition of the American Water Color Society
(Exhibition catalog)
21 No
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