Day-1: VICTORIAN & ESTATE ANTIQUES AUCTION | May 8th
Wed, May 8, 2024 09:30PM EDT
Lot 147
'OLD MAN IN A SPRING ROCKER' BY LOUIS BETTS
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Original oil painting on canvas by listed artist, Louis Betts (NY, 1873 - 1961), signed upper left, dated '93 & titled, "Old Man in a Spring Rocker". Features a portrait of a man sitting on coil spring rocker. Art measures 22" h x 14" w mounted in a frame measuring 30" x 22".
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Louis Betts became known as a successful portrait painter of the time in Chicago, New York, London, Paris, Amsterdam, and Madrid. Betts was elected an associate member of the National Academy of Design in 1912, he became a full Academician in 1915. He was also a member of the Art Institute of Chicago;Fellow Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; National Institute Arts and Letters; SC; Union League Cl.,Chicago; National Academy;Salmagundi Club;National Arts Club;Century Association. He is represented in various museums and institutions including Art Institute of Chicago,1895-1939 (med.,1920); National Academy of Design,1902 (prize), 1931 (gold),1932 (prize), 1933 (prize),1937 (prize);St. louis Expo.,1904; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 19051907,1916-26;Corcoran Gallery, 1908-23, 1939;Carnegie Institute,1910 (prize); Allied Artists of America,1931 (gold).Works : Art Institute of Chicago; Corcoran Gallery of Art; Richmond Art Association; Montclair Art Museum; Arkansas Art Museum;Toledo Museum of Arts; Chicago University; Mayo Fnd., Rochester, Minn.; Union League CL., Chicago.He spent time at the Impressionists' art colony at Old Lyme, Connecticut.