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Betty Lane

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Betty Lane
Betty Lane at work, 1960s
Born
Elizabeth Thoburn Lane

(1907-09-30)September 30, 1907
Died1996 (aged 88–89)
NationalityAmerican
EducationCorcoran College of Art and Design, Massachusetts Normal Art School
Known forPainting
MovementModernism

Betty Lane (September 30, 1907 – 1996) was an American artist.

Lane's first exhibition was at the Phillips Memorial Gallery in 1931. Lane created figure subjects, portraits, and landscapes executed in watercolor and oil. Her work includes nature and street scenes in the Americas and Europe, domestic scenes, and grotesques.

Lane's work is included in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[1][2] The Phillips Collection,[3][4] the Provincetown Art Association and Museum,[5] and the Cape Cod Museum of Art.[6]

Life

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Born in Washington, D.C., on 30 September 1907, Betty (born Elizabeth Thoburn) Lane was the youngest of six children born to a Marine officer, Rufus Herman Lane and Gertrude Eleanor Mills. Lane began painting in watercolor around age nine.[7] After high school Lane enrolled at the Corcoran College of Art and Design. Unhappy at Corcoran, she transferred to the Massachusetts Normal Art School.[8][9]

Career

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In 1928 Lane traveled to Paris and studied with André Lhote. In 1929 Lane returned to the United States, living in Falls Church, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.[7] It was during this period that Lane's work came to the attention of Duncan Phillips.[7] In April 1931 Lane was part of an exhibition at the Phillips Memorial Gallery with John Marin and Harold Weston.[8][9][10][11]

Between 1930 and 1939 Lane lived in Cambridge, England, and Paris, France. From 1939 to 1946 Lane was living in Ontario, Canada.

In 1946 Lane moved to the United States, teaching at Miss Porter's School from 1952 until 1965.[8] During this time Lane began making works in woodblock printing, silkscreen, ceramics, and glass.[7]

After 1960 Lane lived in Brewster, Massachusetts, visiting Greece, Mexico, the Soviet Union, and Australia.[7][12] Lane died in Brewster, Massachusetts, in 1996.[8][7]

In 1977, Lane became an associate of the Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press (WIFP).[13] WIFP is an American nonprofit publishing organization. The organization works to increase communication between women and connect the public with forms of women-based media.

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Exhibitions

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References

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  1. ^ "Search "Betty Lane"". metmuseum.org. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Museum Buys Paintings: Metropolitan Gets Nine on View During National Art Week". The New York Times. November 25, 1941. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  3. ^ "Betty Lane "St. Peter's Square"". phillipscollection.org. The Phillips Collection. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Betty Lane "Tam"". phillipscollection.org. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Provincetown Art Association and Museum". paam.org. Provincetown Art Association and Museum. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  6. ^ "Search the Collection". ccmoa.org. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g Noxon, Nicolas; Finch, Robert; Noxon, Christopher; Hay, John; Holl, Harry (1997). Betty Lane: Painting a Life. Dennis, MA: Cape Museum of Fine Arts.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Lilienstein, Jaime; Seaman, JJ (2011). "Biography". sullivangoss.com. Sullivan Goss. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  9. ^ a b c "April Exhibitions at the Phillips Memorial Gallery". Wikimedia Commons. The Phillips Collection. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  10. ^ a b Staff (5 April 1931). "Current Exhibitions". The Washington Post. Retrieved 23 April 2015.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ Staff (12 April 1931). "Notes of Art and Artists". The Sunday Star. The Sunday Star. Retrieved 23 April 2015.[permanent dead link]
  12. ^ Noxon, Christopher. "Remembering Betty Lane". christophernoxon.com. Christopher Noxon. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  13. ^ "Associates | The Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press". www.wifp.org. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
  14. ^ a b "Betty Lane: Vertical File". library.phillipscollection.org. Phillips Collection. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  15. ^ "Art Roster: Exhibitions Recently Opened Here". The New York Times. September 25, 1932. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  16. ^ Devere, Howard (January 16, 1944). "Current Exhibitions in Brief". The New York Times. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  17. ^ "Invitation to opening of exhibition of paintings by Betty Lane. Toronto, February 19, 1945". Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  18. ^ "Betty Lane". juliehellergallery.com. Julie Heller Gallery. Archived from the original on 18 December 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  19. ^ "Betty Lane: The Road Less Taken". sullivangoss.com/. Sullivan Goss. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  20. ^ "Betty Lane: A Certain Kind of Woman". youtube.com. SGTV. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
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