City: Nashville<\/p>\n
NEWMAN, Willie Betty, <\/b>artist, portrait painter; born Murfreesboro, Tenn.; French, Scotch and German descent; daughter of Col. W.F.M.<\/b> and Sophie (Rucker) BETTY<\/b>; father, lawyer; paternal grandparents William Randolph<\/b> and Mary (Holland) BETTY<\/b>; maternal grandparents \u00a0\u00a0Benjamin R.<\/b> and Elizabeth (Wharton) RUCKER<\/b>; educated Lebanon, Murfreesboro, Cincinnati and Paris, France; graduated in Literary Course Greenwood Seminary, Lebanon, January, 1882; married I. W. NEWMAN<\/b> in 1882; studied art in Cincinnati; later studied in France under Jean Paul LAURENS<\/b> and Benjamin CONSTANT<\/b>; lived in Paris twelve years, where she had a studio; in 1892 received honorable mention from Cincinnati Art School; in 1900 received honorable mention in Paris Salon, given by French government; won the Foreign Scholarship in the Cincinnati Art School and was sent abroad for three years in 1891; among her most notable art productions are “Repose in Brittany,” owned by C. M. Schwab; “Fisherman’s Daughter,” owned by Cincinnati Art Museum; “Passing Holy Bread” and “En Penitence,” loaned to museum in Philadelphia; “Reverie,” owned by Art Club, Philadelphia; “Dreams,” “Foolish Virgin,” “Nineday Prayers” and “Empty Cradle,” portrait of Bishop Galloway for Vanderbilt\u00a0 University and Millsaps College, Jackson, Miss.; portrait of Vice-President James Sherman; portraits of Mrs. James C. Bradford,\u00a0 Mrs. E. W. Cole, Mrs. Whitford Cole, Mrs. A. R. Cole, Mrs. Shelby D. Williams and daughter of M. J. C. Wrenne; received medal given by Art Association of Nashville in 1910.<\/p>\n
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Source:\u00a0Who\u2019s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day<\/i>. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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