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1860 Scarsdale, New York - 1932 White Plains, NY.. Known for: Landscape, portrait, interiors.
Alethea Hill Platt (December 31, 1860 – May 23, 1932) was an artist and educator. Her paintings of rural landscapes in France, England, the Adirondacks and New England were displayed in about 200... Read full biography
Alethea Hill Platt (December 31, 1860 – May 23, 1932) was an artist and educator. Her paintings of rural landscapes in France, England, the Adirondacks and New England were displayed in about 200 exhibitions at venues including the National Academy of Design, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts... Read full biography
Alethea Hill Platt (December 31, 1860 – May 23, 1932) was an artist and educator. Her paintings of rural landscapes in France, England, the Adirondacks and New England were displayed in about 200 exhibitions at venues including the National Academy of Design, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Louisiana Purchase Exposition. The New York Times found a “quality of serenity, even a kind of nobility” in her work, and American Art News placed her “in the ranks of America’s leading women... Read full biography
Alethea Hill Platt (December 31, 1860 – May 23, 1932) was an artist and educator. Her paintings of rural landscapes in France, England, the Adirondacks and New England were displayed in about 200 exhibitions at venues including the National Academy of Design, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Louisiana Purchase Exposition. The New York Times found a “quality of serenity, even a kind of nobility” in her work, and American Art News placed her “in the ranks of America’s leading women painters.”. Alethea Platt was one of about nine children of Laura Sherbrook Popham (1826-1905) and Lewis Canfield Platt (1818-1893), a judge in White Plains, N.Y. The family descended from the politician Lewis Morris. Platt trained with the artists Henry... Read full biography
Alethea Hill Platt (December 31, 1860 – May 23, 1932) was an artist and educator. Her paintings of rural landscapes in France, England, the Adirondacks and New England were displayed in about 200 exhibitions at venues including the National Academy of Design, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Louisiana Purchase Exposition. The New York Times found a “quality of serenity, even a kind of nobility” in her work, and American Art News placed her “in the ranks of America’s leading women painters.”. Alethea Platt was one of about nine children of Laura Sherbrook Popham (1826-1905) and Lewis Canfield Platt (1818-1893), a judge in White Plains, N.Y. The family descended from the politician Lewis Morris. Platt trained with the artists Henry B. Snell and Ben Foster and took courses at the Art Students League, Columbia University’s Teachers College and the Délécluse acade... Read full biography
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Alethea Hill Platt (December 31, 1860 – May 23, 1932) was an artist and educator. Her paintings of rural landscapes in France, England, the Adirondacks and New England were displayed in about 200 exhibitions at venues including the National Academy of Design, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Louisiana Purchase Exposition. The New York Times found a “quality of serenity, even a kind of nobility” in her work, and American Art News placed her “in the ranks of America’s leading women painters.”
Alethea Platt was one of about nine children of Laura Sherbrook Popham (1826-1905) and Lewis Canfield Platt (1818-1893), a judge in White Plains, N.Y. The family descended from the politician Lewis Morris. Platt trained with...But wait, there's more...
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