Louis Betts
Louis Betts (October 5, 1873 – August 13, 1961) was an American portrait painter.
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- Name
- Louis Betts
- Born
- October 5, 1873
- Birthplace
- Little Rock, Arkansas, US
- Died
- August 13, 1961
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- painter · artist
- Fields
- portrait
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Louis Betts (October 5, 1873 – August 13, 1961) was an American portrait painter.
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• Name — Louis Betts • Born — October 5, 1873 • Birthplace — Little Rock, Arkansas, US • Died — August 13, 1961
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Betts was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. His father was an artist who remarried after Louis' mother died. His family moved to Chicago where his three younger siblings were born. Betts was able to continue his study of art as did his siblings. Betts studied with William Merritt Chase at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1894, worked in Chicago and New York, and was made a full member of the National Academy of Design by 1915. He served as president of the Salmagundi Club and vice president of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. His portrait subjects included Doctors William J. and Charles H. Mayo, George Eastman, George Mundelein, and J. Hamilton Lewis. He died on August 13, 1961.
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- Karen A. Morgante, Louis Betts, Portrait Painter of High Society, Oakland Journal, 2000
- David B. Dearinger, Painting and Sculpture in the Collection of National Academy of Design, Hudson Hills Press Inc, New York, 2004.
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