Alice Standish Buell (

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Alice Standish, 1892–1960) was an American artist and printmaker. She was active in Chicago and New York City. Buell studied at

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(but did not graduate) and at the

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. She was married to

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, Josiah Bradley Buell in 1917. In the 1920s she worked for the YWCA organization. She also served as a director and later vice president of the Art Students League of New York. Her artwork is included in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the

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1892 births 1960 deaths American printmakers American women printmakers Date of birth missing Date of death missing Place of birth missing Place of death missing 20th-century American printmakers 20th-century American women artists Art Students League of New York alumni Oberlin College alumni Artists from Oak Park, Illinois Artists from Chicago Artists from New York City {{US-artist-stub