Gay Betts: Native American Man on Canvas P380

Native American Man on Canvas. (need size) Southwestern setting, man is staring into the sun.

Pictured in Schiffers new 4 volume set of Emerging From The Shadows a Survey of Women Artists Working in California. 1860-1960 Volume 2

Born and raised in New York City, Grace (Gay) Betts (1883-1978) became a peripatetic painter of Western and Southwest landscapes and Indians, and her subjects included Yosemite National Park and Arizona tribal members. She was also a muralist who did backdrops for animal displays at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco and an illustrator for magazines and children's books. The Art Institute of Chicago was a frequent exhibition venue from the time she was a student there beginning 1900, and her work was also exhibited at the Laguna Beach Museum of Art. She was also a WPA artist who painted murals in San Francisco and San Diego.



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