Discover painter, art dealer (person), art collector Betty Parsons

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This field records and makes accessible name variations, as found in sources. Alternate spellings, nicknames, maiden names - with or without the married name - are included in this category.

: Pierson, Betty Bierne

Qualifications: painter, art dealer (person), art collector

Nationality/school: American

Born: New York City 1900-01-31

Deceased: Long Island (island, New York) 1982-07-23

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: married Schuyler Livingston Parsons in 1919; divorce in 1922

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Biographical information

Education: Académie de la Grande Chaumière (Parijs)

in 1922; studied under Bourdelle and Zadkine

Active in

Bretagne (regio) 1922
studied painting in the summer on the coasts of Brittany
Santa Barbara (Californië) 1933
taught sculpture classes
New York City 1936 - 1946
solo exhibitions of her own work and several jobs in art galleries, with Mary Quinn Sullivan, Wakefield Gallery and Mortimer Brandt
New York City 1946 - 1982
opened the Betty Parsons Gallery at 15 East 57th Street

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Connections with other artists

Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Bourdelle, Antoine
Zadkine, Ossip

Literature

Witt Checklist 1978 , P. 236

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BUI/VS+Can./S op: Parsons div. voorletters

Project: Mondrian Edition project

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Creation date: 1992-01-19; Last modified date: 2021-07-29

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