Clara Louise Bell

Clara Louise Bell studied at Art Students League of New York. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are miniature. Places of work recorded in the authority are Cleveland and New York City. Residence is recorded at New York City and Cleveland. Works named in the authority record are Francine Serrano. Work by Clara Louise Bell is recorded in the collections of Metropolitan Museum of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum and Smithsonian Institution.

• Name — Clara Louise Bell • Born — 1886 • Birthplace — Newton Falls, Ohio, United States • Died — 1978 • Education — Cleveland School of Art, Art Students League of New York • Known for — Miniature painting • Spouse — Bela Janowsky Clara Louise Bell (1886 – 1978) (also known as Clara Louise Janowsky) was an American miniature painter.

Bell was born in 1886 in Newton Falls, Ohio. She went to school at the Cleveland School of Art and at the Art Students League of New York. While at the Art Students League, she studied under Edith Stevenson Wright (1883–1975) and Henry Keller.

Bell painted miniature portraits. She was a member of the American Society of Miniature Painters. She was awarded the Penton Medal in 1919 by the Cleveland Museum of Art. In 1943, she married sculptor Bela Janowsky. Bell painted portraits of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover for the collection of American presidents at Butler Institute of American Art.

Bell died in 1978.