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Her characteristic subject matters were cottage gardens, villagers in workshops and kitchens, sunlit woods, harbor workers, and rocky seacoasts. Sitters for her handful of portraits included her father, her brother
William Popham Platt, and her nephew Stuart Dean Platt. She belonged to organizations
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Alethea (pronounced uh-LEE-thee-uh) 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. Laura's grandmother Mary Morris was a daughter of the judge and politician
150:, New York Society of Painters (which she helped run), and Yonkers Art Association. “Self-sufficient and resourceful,” Platt remained prolific throughout her career. She died suddenly following an operation (her estate was valued at $ 81,574).
268:, 2002.0183). Archival repositories with her correspondence include the Jones Library in Amherst, Mass. (John and Ruth Burgess Collection) and the Archives of American Art's Macbeth Gallery records (Series I, correspondence files).
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in Paris. As a child, she “showed a preference for drawing pictures beyond all other interests.” She studied Snell's scrub technique for watercolors, “boldly smashing in the masses of color on the dry paper with bristle brushes.”
41:(December 31, 1860 – May 23, 1932) was an American 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
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Reviewers praised the "forceful appeal" and “atmospheric qualities” of her dappled glades and rustic hearths. She was also known for achieving “rhythm of line, beauty of color and general charm.”
226:, Modern Art Gallery in London, and Powell Art Gallery. She had solo shows at Georges A. Glaenzer's gallery and Powell Art Gallery. She organized two-woman shows with colleagues including
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230:(Arlington Galleries), Fanny Griswold Ely (Ellespie Studio in Sharon, a Platt family home), Gladys Brannigan (Arts Club of Washington), and Arabella Locke Wyant (Van Dyck Studios).
98:. After Kennedy's death, a nephew maneuvered to disinherit Platt, and she moved to the Van Dyck Studios at 939 Eighth Avenue. Her circle of artist friends and neighbors included
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237:(Brodie art prize, 1928). Students influenced by her include the painters Marion Hastings and Grace Russell and the designer and educator Dorothy Ross Carmer.
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She received awards from organizations including the
Minnesota State Art Society (1909), National Association of Women Artists (watercolor prize, 1903), and
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Rainey, Ada (April 27, 1930). "Fine
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found a "quality of serenity, even a kind of nobility" in her work, and
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Her works appeared in group shows at institutions including the
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Merrick, Lula (May 1, 1918). "New York Art
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Merrick, Lula (December 15, 1930). "In the Art World".
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Merrick, Lula (December 15, 1930). "In the Art World".
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Merrick, Lula (December 15, 1930). "In the Art World".
361:. New York: Tobias A. Wright. pp. Chart E IV.
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34:Alethea Hill Platt photographed by Mary Tannahill
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629:"Exhibitors Are Feted at Graduate Club Tea"
310:. Albany, N.Y.: J. B. Lyon Co. p. 269.
285:Kahn, Eve and Hanna Wells (November 2020).
359:Descendants of Lewis Morris of Morrisania
130:including the Allied Artists of America,
122:, and Arabella Locke Wyant, the widow of
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895:Townsend, James B. (January 29, 1910).
679:"Exhibition of American Water Colors".
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287:"Serenity, even a kind of nobility"
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646:"Romance as Told in Landscape".
850:"Mrs. Burgess and Miss Platt".
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915:"Watercolor Club Exhibition"
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897:"Alethea Platt at Powell's"
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815:"Alethea Hill Platt's Work"
783:The New York Times Magazine
779:"A Group of Women Painters"
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529:"Surrogate Platt's Picture"
322:"Alethea Hill Platt's Work"
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695:"Art at Home and Abroad"
681:St. Louis Globe-Democrat
662:"Art at Home and Abroad"
475:"In and Out the Studios"
340:"In and Out the Studios"
304:Ellis, Delancey (1907).
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596:"Miss Alethea H. Platt"
424:"Rachel Kennedy's Will"
372:Levy, Florence (1915).
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