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1880 Smith County, Texas - 1980. Known for: Regional landscape, still-life and portrait painting, ceramics, teaching.
Belle Austin, (1880-1980), was born in Smith County, Texas. She was related to Stephen F. Austin, the Father of Texas. A child prodigy as an artist she was painting at age seven and as a teenager was... Read full biography
Belle Austin, (1880-1980), was born in Smith County, Texas. She was related to Stephen F. Austin, the Father of Texas. A child prodigy as an artist she was painting at age seven and as a teenager was selling her paintings. Her family wanted to provide a formal art training background for their... Read full biography
Belle Austin, (1880-1980), was born in Smith County, Texas. She was related to Stephen F. Austin, the Father of Texas. A child prodigy as an artist she was painting at age seven and as a teenager was selling her paintings. Her family wanted to provide a formal art training background for their daughter and sent her to New York to study with artist and teacher George Bridgman. She attended the Art Students League in New York. After completing her training in New York she traveled to California... Read full biography
Belle Austin, (1880-1980), was born in Smith County, Texas. She was related to Stephen F. Austin, the Father of Texas. A child prodigy as an artist she was painting at age seven and as a teenager was selling her paintings. Her family wanted to provide a formal art training background for their daughter and sent her to New York to study with artist and teacher George Bridgman. She attended the Art Students League in New York. After completing her training in New York she traveled to California training at the Stickney Memorial Art School located in Pasadena. After studying and painting in California she returned to Texas and opened a studio on Hemphill Street in Fort Worth where she specialized in Texas landscapes and sought commissions for... Read full biography
Belle Austin, (1880-1980), was born in Smith County, Texas. She was related to Stephen F. Austin, the Father of Texas. A child prodigy as an artist she was painting at age seven and as a teenager was selling her paintings. Her family wanted to provide a formal art training background for their daughter and sent her to New York to study with artist and teacher George Bridgman. She attended the Art Students League in New York. After completing her training in New York she traveled to California training at the Stickney Memorial Art School located in Pasadena. After studying and painting in California she returned to Texas and opened a studio on Hemphill Street in Fort Worth where she specialized in Texas landscapes and sought commissions for portraiture. She traveled the state for over 30 years painting and teaching art. Her works were often florals and landscapes. She comp... Read full biography
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Keywords (19)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
- •Art Pottery
- •Ceramic Art, Porcelain, Design and/or Decoration
- •Ceramics
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Hand-Crafted Objects
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
- •Texas Before 1940
Art Teacher
- •George Bridgman
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Centenarian Artist, Lived 100 Years or More