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Lilian Westcott Hale
Born	Lillie Coleman Westcott (1880-12-07)December 7, 1880 Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
Died	age 66 UNKNOWN
Nationality	American
Known for	Painting
Movement	Impressionism
Spouse	Philip Leslie Hale

Lilian Westcott Hale (12/07/1880 in Bridgeport, Connecticut – 11/03/1963) was an American Impressionist painter. She was the daughter of Edward G. Westcott and Harriet Clarke. Her [SOURCE=The 1880 original Bridgeport archival records at the Connecticut State Library

has her being born 12/07/1880. as Lillie Coleman Westcott to Edward G. Westcott and Harriet Clarke. The 1900 Federal census as well as her grave site lists the correct 12/07/1880 date.] Her father was the President of the Bridgeport Sharp's Rifle Company during the late 1870s and served as the company's treasurer in 1880. He would later become the treasurer of the Bridgeport Lee Arms Co.

She was the most talented and successful of the Hale artists, including Philip Hale and Ellen Dale Hale.

Early life

Her father was Edward Gardiner Westcott.

Education

She studied at the Hartford Art School, with Elizabeth Stevens, and in 1899 with William Merritt Chase, at Shinnecock, Long Island. Her art education continued at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, with Edmund Tarbell.

Family

On June 11, 1902, she married artist Philip Leslie Hale, whose father was Edward Everett Hale, and whose sister was Ellen Day Hale. They lived in Dedham, Massachusetts.

Marriage and Family

Artistic career

Her work appeared in galleries, covers of popular magazines, and covers of cards including a car that supported the efforts of the American Red Cross during World War I.

Her work is in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the National Academy of Design, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Phillips Collection and the North Carolina Museum of Art.

Hale's daughter, Nancy, was the subject of many of her work.

In her self-portrait, which is in the MFA collection, she captured the assymytetry of her face, her cropped bangs, and her uncompromising eyes, according to the NYT. August 26, 2001.

Awards and Exhibitions

In 1927, she won the Altman Prize from the National Academy of Design. Her work is in the Museum of Fine ASrts of Boston, the National Academy of Design, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C.; and the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, N.C.

In 1927, she won an Altman Prize, from the National Academy of Design.

Archival Resources

Her papers are held with the Hale Family Papers at the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College. Researchers say that her handwriting is difficult to decipher.

External links

• http://www.spanierman.com/Hale,-Lilian-Wescott/bio/thumbs/biography
• http://www.piercegalleries.com/artists/iart_hale_lilian_westcott.html

http://lacrank.blogspot.com/2011_03_01_archive.html Several good images in this article

Great picture of her husband painting in the article above

www.boverijuancarlospintores.blogspot.com/2011/11/lilian-westcott-hale.html More good images

www.phillipscollection.org/research/american_art/bios/hale-bio.htm

Drawn with Butterfly's Wings: The Art of Lilian Westcott Hale (1880-1963)

April 23 through May 7, 1999

Invitation card graphic for exhibition, featuring "Full length Portrait, ca. 1907, charcoal on paper, 23 x 14 7/8 inches, collection of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Hagan

Click on images to enlarge them

Lilian Westcott Hale was one of Boston's must successful and respected artists. The title for the exhibition arises from a quote of William McGregor Paxton, who said that Lilian Wescott Hale drew with butterfly's wings.

Hale was admired both for her elegant and graceful oils and charcoal drawings.

In 1900 Lilian Westcott attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, entering with a scholarship from the Hartford Art Society. At the School, she enrolled in Edmund C. Tarbell's advanced painting class. She met an instructor named Philip Hale while at the School, whom she later married. Philip served as a teacher and mentor to Lilian throughout their marriage.

In 1906 Hale exhibited "The Convalescent" (now titled Ziffy in Bed - see left) at the prestigious Fenway Studios in Boston. This painting received favorable reviews in the Boston press, favoring Lilian's composition over that of her husband. Hale's steadfast model, Rose Zeffler, was the subject of many drawings and paintings. "Zeffy," as she was known by Hale, was the model for a group of drawings at the Fourth Annual Water Color Club Exhibition in Philadelphia, held at the Pennsylvania Academy in April, 1907. Soon after the Philadelphia exhibition, Hale earned further acclaim at a 1908 show at the Rowlands Galleries in Boston.

In 1915 Hale sent six drawings to the Panama-Pacific Exhibition in San Francisco, winning a medal of honor for her drawings. Her painting Lavender and Old Ivory (see right) won a gold medal there.

Later in her career, Hale painted portraits, still lifes and landscapes -- home in the winter and in Rockport in the summer. At the age of 83 Hale won her last prize at the Rockport Art Association's summer exhibition, passing away later that year.

From top to bottom: Nancy and the Map of Europe, 1919, oil on canvas, private collection; On Christmas Day in the Morning, 1924, charcoal and colored pencil on paper, collection of Richard York Gallery; Ziffy in Bed , 1906, oil on canvas, Nebraska Art Association, Beatrice D. Rohman Fund; Lavender and Old Ivory , 1914, oil on canvas, private collection; Child with Yarn (Johnny Blake), 1923, oil on canvas, Adelson Galleries, Inc.; The Sailor Boy (William Wertenbaker), 1943, oil on canvas, private collection Template:Persondata