Mabel R. Welch
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Name: Mabel R. Welch
Born: 1871 Connecticut
Died: January 2, 1959 Wibrahm Massachusetts
Spouse: Single
Parents: F.G. Welch, Rose M.
Occupation:
Painter -Artist
Cause of Death:
Interment: Death Record Pending
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Obituary—New York Times January 3, 1959: MISS MABEL WELCH MINIATURE, WAS 87 SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES
SPRINGFIELD MASS JANUARY 2, 1959 Miss Mabel R. Welch, a painter of miniatures, died last night at her home in Wibraham after a long illness. She was 87 years old.
Miss. Welch, who studied at the Art Students League and in Paris, won the Silver Medal of the Pan-Pacific Exposition in 1915. The Pennsylvania society of miniatures Painters presented to her it’s Medal of Honor in 1920, and she received a similar award in 1933 from the Brooklyn Society of miniature painters.
In 1937 Miss Welch received two awards. The National Society of women Painters and Sculptors gave her the Lindsey Morris Sterling Prize for Miniatures and the California Society of Miniature painters awarded to her a medal for portraiture.
The Medal for Merit from Asbury Park Society for fine Arts was presented to Miss Welch in 1940. That year also, she won the Levantis White Bordman memorial prize. In 1955, she received the medal for Miniatures from the National Association of Woman Artists.
Her work is represented in permanent collections at the Brooklyn Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Corcoran Gallery in Washington and the Pennsylvania Museum of Fine Arts. She exhibited her work also in Los Angeles Chicago, the 1939 New York World’s Fair and the Paris Salon.
SPRINGFIELD MASS JANUARY 2, 1959 Miss Mabel R. Welch, a painter of miniatures, died last night at her home in Wibraham after a long illness. She was 87 years old.
Miss. Welch, who studied at the Art Students League and in Paris, won the Silver Medal of the Pan-Pacific Exposition in 1915. The Pennsylvania society of miniatures Painters presented to her it’s Medal of Honor in 1920, and she received a similar award in 1933 from the Brooklyn Society of miniature painters.
In 1937 Miss Welch received two awards. The National Society of women Painters and Sculptors gave her the Lindsey Morris Sterling Prize for Miniatures and the California Society of Miniature painters awarded to her a medal for portraiture.
The Medal for Merit from Asbury Park Society for fine Arts was presented to Miss Welch in 1940. That year also, she won the Levantis White Bordman memorial prize. In 1955, she received the medal for Miniatures from the National Association of Woman Artists.
Her work is represented in permanent collections at the Brooklyn Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Corcoran Gallery in Washington and the Pennsylvania Museum of Fine Arts. She exhibited her work also in Los Angeles Chicago, the 1939 New York World’s Fair and the Paris Salon.
Source: January 3, 1959 Mabel R. Welch’s obituary New York Times
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1880 United States Federal Census about Mabel Welch
Name: Mabel Welch Home in 1880: New York (Manhattan), New York City-Greater, New York Age: 9 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1871 Birthplace: Connecticut Relation to Head of Household: Daughter Father's Name: F. G. Father's birthplace: Massachusetts Mother's Name: Rose Mother's birthplace: Massachusetts Neighbors: View others on page Occupation: At School Marital Status: Single Race: White Gender: Female Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: New York (Manhattan), New York City-Greater, New York; Roll: T9_880; Family History Film: 1254880; Page: 150.4000;
Enumeration District: 282; Image: 0242. Taken: June 3, 1880 ______________________________________________________________________________________1910 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1910 United States Federal Census about Mabel Welch
Name: Mabel Welch Age in 1910: 35 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1875 Birthplace: Connecticut Relation to Head of House: Daughter Father's Birth Place: Massachusetts Mother's Name: Rose M Mother's Birth Place: Massachusetts Home in 1910: Wilbraham, Hampden, Massachusetts Marital Status: Single Race: White Gender: Female Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Wilbraham, Hampden, Massachusetts; Roll: T624_591; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 674; Image: 828. Taken: May 3-4 1910 Occupation: Artist
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1920 United States Federal Census about Mabel R Welch
Name: Mabel R Welch Home in 1920: Manhattan Assembly District 5, New York, New York Age: 44 years Estimated Birth Year: abt 1876 Birthplace: Connecticut Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: New Hampshire Mother's Birth Place: Massachusetts Marital Status: Single Race: White Sex: Female Home owned: Rent Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Image: 554 Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Manhattan Assembly District 5, New York, New York; Roll: T625_1194; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 444; Image: 554.
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1930 United States Federal Census about Mabel R Welch
Name: Mabel R Welch Home in 1930: Manhattan, New York, New York Age: 56 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1874 Birthplace: Connecticut Relation to Head of House: Head Race: White Occupation: Education:Military service:Rent/home value:Age at first marriage: Parents' birthplace: View Image Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Mabel R Welch 56 Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Manhattan, New York, New York; Roll: 1551; Page: 18B; Enumeration District: 367; Image: 628.0. Taken: April 16, 1930 Artist Painter
Name: Mabel R Welch Home in 1920: Manhattan Assembly District 5, New York, New York Age: 44 years Estimated Birth Year: abt 1876 Birthplace: Connecticut Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: New Hampshire Mother's Birth Place: Massachusetts Marital Status: Single Race: White Sex: Female Home owned: Rent Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Image: 554 Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Manhattan Assembly District 5, New York, New York; Roll: T625_1194; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 444; Image: 554.
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1930 United States Federal Census about Mabel R Welch
Name: Mabel R Welch Home in 1930: Manhattan, New York, New York Age: 56 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1874 Birthplace: Connecticut Relation to Head of House: Head Race: White Occupation: Education:Military service:Rent/home value:Age at first marriage: Parents' birthplace: View Image Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Mabel R Welch 56 Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Manhattan, New York, New York; Roll: 1551; Page: 18B; Enumeration District: 367; Image: 628.0. Taken: April 16, 1930 Artist Painter
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Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)
Name: Welch, Mabel R
Birth - Death: 1871-1959
Source Citation:
Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 5: September, 1958-August, 1961. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1962. (BioIn 5)
Index to Women of the World from Ancient to Modern Times. Biographies and portraits. By Norma Olin Ireland. Westwood, MA: F.W. Faxon Co., 1970. (InWom)
Who Was Who in American Art. 400 years of artists in America. Second edition. Three volumes. Edited by Peter Hastings Falk. Madison, CT: Sound View Press, 1999. (WhAmArt 2)
Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)
Name: Welch, Mabel R
Birth - Death: 1871-1959
Source Citation:
Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 5: September, 1958-August, 1961. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1962. (BioIn 5)
Index to Women of the World from Ancient to Modern Times. Biographies and portraits. By Norma Olin Ireland. Westwood, MA: F.W. Faxon Co., 1970. (InWom)
Who Was Who in American Art. 400 years of artists in America. Second edition. Three volumes. Edited by Peter Hastings Falk. Madison, CT: Sound View Press, 1999. (WhAmArt 2)
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Massachusetts City Directories
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Springfield Suburban Directory, 1941
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Mabel R. Welch
Mabel R. Welch
1955 Springfield Suburban City Directory
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Mabel R. Welch
Mabel R. Welch
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Lagrange Oldham County Kentucky
William Barnhill [1785-1852] and Ruth Boone [1788-1864] Oldham County Kentucky
William Barnhill [1785-1852] is from a long line of Barnhill's [1172 AD]he was a successful farmer and he was a slave owener] Ruth Boone [1788-1864] is a cousin Once Remove of Daniel Boone: Estelle Kathleen Barnhill wife of Advertising executive Sanford Keith Evans and Julia James Barnhill wife of Ralph St. Lawrence Peverley Parents are James William Barnhill and Julia Jane Mc Williams. Estelle is the oldest sister of Julia James. They both had their Portraits painted by Mabel R. Welch. Her work can also be found in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Portrait of Estelle Kathleen Barnhill is the only of the sisters portrait located in the Metropolitan Musuem located in New York.
Two Women from a small town in Kentucky; lived the life of what every little girl dreams of: Fairy Tales. Life of the Wealthy.
Their brother was the late REV Oliver Paul Barnhill of Collegiate Marble Church Mahatten New York and Fordham Reform Church of Bronx New York. REV Oliver Paul Barnhill was a preacher to the Celebrities.
His sisters portraits were done by Mabel R. Welch a famous portrait painter.
Purchased by the wealthy buyer of the Pattee miniatures, was this 1915 miniature portrait by Mabel Welch of Jane Barnhill Peverley of New York, the wife of Ralph St Lawrence Peverley, which sold for about $1200.
http://new-additions.blogspot.com/2008/02/february-market-place.html
Artist: Mabel R. Welch [1871-1958]
Title object: Mrs. S. Keith Evans----Estelle Kathleen Barnhill Evans the Great Grand daughter of William Barnhill [1785-1852] and Ruth Boone a Cousin Once remove of Daniel Boone [1788-1864] of Oldham County Kentucky
More information on Estelle Kathleen Barnhill
http://jeannettestakeonlife.blogspot.com/2009/01/great-grand-daughter-of-william.html
Date: 1911
Medium: Watercolor on Ivory in Golden Case and reeded locket
Dimensions Sight Diam 2 5/16 in. [5.9 cm]
Credit Line Gift of Mabel R. Welch 1958 [58.1-14] January 14, 1958
Location of this Portrait:
http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/american_paintings_and_sculpture/mrs_s_keith_evans_mabel_r_welch/objectview_enlarge.aspx?page=6&sort=2&sortdir=desc&keyword=&fp=1&dd1=2&dd2=0&vw=1&collID=2&OID=20013566&vT=1 [The above portrait is Work of Art Paintings and Sculpture
Development OfficeThe Metropolitan Museum of Art1000 Fifth AvenueNew York, New York 10028-0198
For more information, please call the Development Office at 212-570-3956, fax us at 212-396-5040, or email development@metmuseum.org.
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Estelle Kathleen Barnhill Evans and Julia James Barnhill Peverley brother is REV: Oliver Paul Barnhill who married the famous Enrico Caurso to Ms. Dorothy Park Benjamin.
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