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Nelly Littlehale Umbstaetter Murphy (1867–1941) was an American artist. She was born in
Nelly Littlehale Umbstaetter Murphy (1867–1941) was an American artist. She was born in Stockton, California
Stockton is a city in and the county seat of San Joaquin County, California, San Joaquin County in the Central Valley (California), Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. Stockton was founded by Carlos Maria Weber in 1849 after he acquir ...
, and moved to Boston when she married her first husband, Herman Umbstaetter.Bessom (1920), pp. 84–92. She drew many of the covers for '' The Black Cat'', the magazine her husband edited from 1895 to 1912, and a collection of the covers was advertised as a free gift with subscriptions to the magazine in 1905.Anonymous (October 1905), pp. vi–vii. She studied with Joseph De Camp and Charles Howard Walker
Charles Howard Walker (January 9, 1857 – April 12, 1936) was an architect, designer and educator in Boston, Massachusetts in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was associated with the architecture department at the Massachusetts Ins ...
. Her first husband died in 1913, and she married Hermann Dudley Murphy
Hermann Dudley Murphy (25 August 1867, Marlborough, Massachusetts - 1945, Lexington, Massachusetts) was an American painter, known mostly for still-lifes and landscapes. He also worked as an illustrator, art teacher and frame designer.
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in 1916.
List of exhibitions
Her exhibitions included the following: *Boston City Club
The Boston City Club (est.1906) of Boston, Massachusetts
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: 1916
* Guild of Boston Artists
The Guild of Boston Artists (The Guild) was founded in 1914 by a handful of Boston artists working in the academic and realist traditions. Among the founding members were Frank Weston Benson, William McGregor Paxton and Edmund C. Tarbell, who ser ...
: 1926 (solo) and 1937
* Macbeth Gallery
The Macbeth Gallery was an art gallery in New York City that was the first to specialize in American art. Founded by William Macbeth in 1892, the gallery gained notoriety in 1908 when it put on an exhibition protesting the restrictive policies and ...
, New York: 1929 (solo)
* Boston Art Club: 1929
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Murphy, Nelly Littlehale Umbstaetter American women artists 1867 births 1941 deaths Artists from Stockton, California