Arrah Lee Gaul

• Name — Arrah Lee Gaul • Birthplace — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. • Died — December 11, 1980 • Place of death — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. • Resting Place — West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, U.S. • Education — Philadelphia School of Design • Field — Painting

Gaul was born in 1888 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her father was Revered C. Lee Gaul. She graduated from Philadelphia High School for Girls and the Philadelphia School of Design for Women where she studied under Elliott Daingerfield, and Henry B. Snell.

Gaul pursued additional studies at the University of Pennsylvania before returning in 1921 to teach at the Moore College of Art and Design. She eventually became the head of the art department there. In 1917, she participated in the inaugural exhibition of the Philadelphia Ten. She also exhibited nationally at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the National Academy of Design in New York. She was the first woman to have a solo exhibition at the Philadelphia Art Club. Internationally, she exhibited at Beaux Arts Gallery in London, the Paris Salon of 1931, and the Grand Palais des Champs Elysees. Gaul frequently traveled to foreign locations to paint, including Greece, Italy, Algiers, China, Hong Kong, Thailand, and India. During one of her early trips to Paris, she studied with Charles-François-Prosper Guérin. She was an original member of the Philadelphia Ten and a member of the Sketch Class Committee of the Plastic Club. She died on December 11, 1980, in Philadelphia, and was interred at West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.

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The following is established of origins and background. Gaul died in 1980 at Philadelphia. It is also recorded that arrah Lee Gaul was born in 1888 at Philadelphia.