Born April 8, 1900 ( 1900-04-08 ) New York, New York, United States Died 21 April 1991, Ellsworth, Maine, United States | ||
Betsy Flagg Melcher (April 8, 1900 – 1991) was an American miniature portraitist.
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Early life and education
Melcher was born in New York City. She painted miniature portraits. She studied under Cecilia Beaux, Mabel R. Welch (d. 1959), and Alfred Hoen (1869–1954)
Mid-life and career
She married John Stevens Melcher (1895–1956). She had a daughter, Pamela Melcher (1927–2005), with John, in 1927. In 1942, she was awarded the Levantia White Boardman Bronze Memorial Prize Medal. She painted portraits of Marguerite Yourcenar, Brooke Astor, August Belmont, Jr., Samuel Eliot Morison, and Mary Parkman Peabody.
Later life and legacy
She served as president of the American Society of Miniature Painters. Upon her death in 1991, she was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery in Northeast Harbor, Maine.
Notable collections
References
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