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Beatrice Whitney Van NessPortrait of a Ladycirca 1940
circa 1940
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Label verso: "Portrait of a Lady / Oil / MUC / Beatrice Whitney Van Ness / unsigned / size 30h x 25w ". From the estate of the artist.
Beatrice Whitney Van Ness, acclaimed painter and art educator, dedicated her life to the process of learning. As a student at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston with Frank Benson and Edmund Tarbell and at Ogunquit, Maine with Charles Woodbury, she gained great proficiency as a painter. After a decade of prizes and awards she dedicated her life to art education. Van Ness taught classes at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and then founded the art department at the Beaver Country Day School outside Boston.
Van Ness’ works range from her sensuously modeled figures to the brilliantly toned family groups painted at Bartlett’s Harbor in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
- Creator:Beatrice Whitney Van Ness (1888 - 1981, American)
- Creation Year:circa 1940
- Dimensions:Height: 30 in (76.2 cm)Width: 25 in (63.5 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Boston, MA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU397310488552
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