Nelly Littlehale Umbstaetter Murphy (1867–1941) was an American artist.[1] She was born in Stockton, California,[1] and moved to Boston when she married her first husband, Herman Umbstaetter.[2] She drew many of the covers for The Black Cat, the magazine her husband edited from 1895 to 1912,[3] and a collection of the covers was advertised as a free gift with subscriptions to the magazine in 1905.[4] She studied with Joseph De Camp and Charles Howard Walker.[1] Her first husband died in 1913, and she married Hermann Dudley Murphy in 1916.[1]
List of exhibitions
editHer exhibitions included the following:[1]
- Boston City Club: 1916
- Guild of Boston Artists: 1926 (solo) and 1937
- Macbeth Gallery, New York: 1929 (solo)
- Boston Art Club: 1929
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Nelly Littlehale Umbstaetter". Schwarz Gallery, Philadelphia. 2015. Archived from the original on August 1, 2015.
- ^ Bessom (1920), pp. 84–92.
- ^ Stephensen-Payne, Phil (November 18, 2022). "Index: Artists: Page 109". Galactic Central. Archived from the original on November 18, 2022. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
- ^ Anonymous (October 1905), pp. vi–vii.
Sources
edit- Anonymous (October 1905). "Something New!". The Black Cat. Vol. 11, no. 1. pp. vi–vii. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
- Bessom, Harold E. (October 1920). "The Story of The Black Cat". The Black Cat. Vol. 25, no. 12. pp. 84–92. Retrieved November 4, 2022.