"At the age of 15, she [Susan Waters) and her only sister later, Amelia M. Pierce, attended a seminary at Friendville, Penna. Where she paid her tuition by painting copies of specimens for the class... Read full biography
"At the age of 15, she [Susan Waters) and her only sister later, Amelia M. Pierce, attended a seminary at Friendville, Penna. Where she paid her tuition by painting copies of specimens for the class in natural history. She was considered a prodigy by her teachers. At seventeen she was married to... Read full biography
"At the age of 15, she [Susan Waters) and her only sister later, Amelia M. Pierce, attended a seminary at Friendville, Penna. Where she paid her tuition by painting copies of specimens for the class in natural history. She was considered a prodigy by her teachers. At seventeen she was married to William C. Waters, by whom she was encouraged to develop her talent and became a portrait painter. A number of her early portraits, painted in Upper New York State, are in a private collection in... Read full biography
"At the age of 15, she [Susan Waters) and her only sister later, Amelia M. Pierce, attended a seminary at Friendville, Penna. Where she paid her tuition by painting copies of specimens for the class in natural history. She was considered a prodigy by her teachers. At seventeen she was married to William C. Waters, by whom she was encouraged to develop her talent and became a portrait painter. A number of her early portraits, painted in Upper New York State, are in a private collection in Convent, NJ After her husband's health failed, Mr. and Mrs. Waters established themselves in the business of taking fine ambrotypes and daguerreotypes. She moved to Bordentown, NJ where she teached and did painting and drawings there of nearby cities. They... Read full biography
"At the age of 15, she [Susan Waters) and her only sister later, Amelia M. Pierce, attended a seminary at Friendville, Penna. Where she paid her tuition by painting copies of specimens for the class in natural history. She was considered a prodigy by her teachers. At seventeen she was married to William C. Waters, by whom she was encouraged to develop her talent and became a portrait painter. A number of her early portraits, painted in Upper New York State, are in a private collection in Convent, NJ After her husband's health failed, Mr. and Mrs. Waters established themselves in the business of taking fine ambrotypes and daguerreotypes. She moved to Bordentown, NJ where she teached and did painting and drawings there of nearby cities. They built a cottage on Mary Street which was later sold. She traveled and then returned to Bordentown, NJ and repurchased her former house. For twen... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (22)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
The Neville-Strass Collection: American Women Artists 1819-1947 (Washington County Museum of Fine Arts) (Exhibition catalog)
2003
Hirshorn, Anne; Page Talbott, Tara Tappert; Marian Kovinick
48 pages (color)
American Women Artists, 1819-1947 The Neville-Strass Collection
2003
Strass, Stephanie (Essay)
48 pages (color)
The Sellars Collection: Art by American Women (Exhibition catalog)
2001
Rice, Sue Sellars
12 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
American Naive Paintings (National Gallery Collection) (Exhibition catalog)
1992
Chotner, Deborah
668 pages (color)
American Paintings An Illustrated Catalogue (Exhibition catalog)
1992
National Gallery of Art
545 pages
A Special Exhibition of American Paintings Priced Under $7,500. (Exhibition catalog)
1992
Thiede, Rolf; Carolyn Park, Robert D. Schwarz
72 pages
Art by American Women Collection Louise and Alan Sellars (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Sternberg, Paul E
146 pages (color)
Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One)
1990
Gerdts, William H
421 pages (color)
Art by American Women (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Sternberg, Paul E
17 pages (color)
Masterpiece Paintings from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
1986
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
148 pages (color)
300 Years of American Art (two volumes)
1986
Zellman, Michael David
1,102 pages (color)
Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900
1985
Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie
851 pages
American Women Artists from Early Times to the Present
1982
Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer
560 pages (color)
American Art in the Newark Museum Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
1981
Newark Museum
431 pages (color)
An American Bestiary
1979
Haverstock, Mary Sayre
248 pages (color)
American Folk Painting William E Wiltshire Collection (Exhibition catalog)
1978
Woodward, Richard B
110 pages (color)
American Still Life Painting
1971
Gerdts, William; Russell Burke
264 pages (color)
Women Artists of America 1707-1964 (Exhibition catalog)