About Mabel R. Welch
Lived 1871 – 1959 (aged 87–88). Mabel R. Welch was an American painter.
Mabel Rose Welch (March 26, 1871 – January 1, 1959) was an American painter of portrait miniatures.
Early life Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Welch was the daughter of Dr. Follansbee Goodrich Welch Jr. and Rosa Phillips (Merrill) Welch. She studied under Kenyon Cox and Robert Reid at the Art Students League of New York. She moved to Paris for further study, showing her work at the Paris Salon. She returned to the United States and was active in New York City for some while.
Art career During her career she served as the secretary of the American Society of Miniature Painters, she was also a member of the Pennsylvania Society of Miniature Painters, the Woman's Art Club, and the Art Workers' Club.
Welch died in Wilbraham, Massachusetts, and is buried there in the Woodland Dell Cemetery.
Collections A portrait by Welch of Rosina Cox Boardman, in watercolor on ivory and dating to around 1940, is currently owned by the Smithsonian American Art Museum. and a portrait of Mrs. S. Keith Evans from around 1911.
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American artist (1871–1959)
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Mabel R. Welch was born on 26 March 1871 in New Haven.
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