Betty Lane

Lane's first exhibition was at the Phillips Memorial Gallery in 1931. Lane created figure subjects, portraits, and landscapes executed in watercolor and oil. Her work includes nature and street scenes in the Americas and Europe, domestic scenes, and grotesques.

Betty Lane
Betty Lane at work, 1960s
Born	Elizabeth Thoburn Lane September 30, 1907 Washington, D.C.
Died	1996 (aged 88–89) Brewster, Massachusetts
Nationality	American
Education	Corcoran College of Art and Design, Massachusetts Normal Art School
Known for	Painting
Movement	Modernism

Betty Lane (1907 – 1996) was an American artist.

Lane's work is included in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[1][2] The Phillips Collection,[3][4] the Provincetown Art Association and Museum,[5] and the Cape Cod Museum of Art.[6]

Life

Born in Washington, D.C. on 30 Sept 1907, Betty (born Elizabeth Thoburn) Lane was the youngest of six children born to a Marine officer, Rufus Herman Lane and Gertrude Eleanor Mills. Lane began painting in watercolor around age 9.[7] After high school Lane enrolled at the Corcoran College of Art and Design. Unhappy at Corcoran, she transferred to the Massachusetts Normal Art School.[8][9]

Career

In 1928 Lane traveled to Paris and studied with André Lhote. In 1929 Lane returned to the United States, living in Falls Church, Virginia and Washington, D.C.[7] It was during this period that Lane's work came to the attention of Duncan Phillips.[7] In April 1931 Lane was part of an exhibition at the Phillips Memorial Gallery with John Marin and Harold Weston.[8][9][10][11]

Between 1930 and 1939 Lane lived in Cambridge, England and Paris, France. From 1939 to 1946 Lane was living in Ontario, Canada.

In 1946 Lane moved to the United States, teaching at Miss Porter's School from 1952 until 1965.[8] During this time Lane began making works in woodblock printing, silkscreen, ceramics, and glass.[7]

After 1960 Lane lived in Brewster, Massachusetts, visiting Greece, Mexico, the Soviet Union, and Australia.[7][12] Lane died in Brewster, Massachusetts in 1996.[8][7]

In 1977, Lane became an associate of the Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press (WIFP).[13] WIFP is an American nonprofit publishing organization. The organization works to increase communication between women and connect the public with forms of women-based media.

Gallery

• 
  The Sunflower, 1937
• 
  Snow Hill, Boston, 1940s
• 
  You Can't Trust Kruschev, 1964
• 
  Retired Liberation, 1966
• 
  Theory On TV, 1973
• 
  June Morning, 1980s

Exhibitions

• 1931 Washington, D.C. Phillips Memorial Gallery. “April Exhibitions at the Phillips Memorial Gallery. John Marin, Harold Weston, Betty Lane.”[14][9][10]
• 1931 Washington, D.C. Phillips Memorial Gallery. "Watercolors by Betty Lane 1931 (The Washington Room)."[14]
• 1932 New York. Delphic Studios.[15]
• 1941 New York. Galerie St. Etienne.[8]
• 1944 Washington, D.C.. Whyte Gallery.[8]
• 1944 New York. Galerie St. Etienne.[16]
• 1945 Ontario. Ontario Society of Artists.[8][17]
• 1948 New York. 44th Street Gallery.[18]
• 1948 Barnstable, Massachusetts. Cape Cod Art Association.[8]
• 1958 Buffalo, New York. Carl Bredemeier Gallery.[8]
• 1997 Dennis, MA. Cape Cod Museum of Art. "Betty Lane: Painting a Life."[7]
• 1999 Provincetown, Massachusetts. Julie Heller Gallery.[8][19]
• 2006 Santa Barbara, California. Sullivan Goss. "Betty Lane: The Road Less Taken."[20][21]
• 2008 Santa Barbara, California. Sullivan Goss.[8]

References

1. "Search "Betty Lane"". metmuseum.org. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
2. "Museum Buys Paintings: Metropolitan Gets Nine on View During National Art Week". The New York Times. November 25, 1941. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
3. "Betty Lane "St. Peter's Square"". phillipscollection.org. The Phillips Collection. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
4. "Betty Lane "Tam"". phillipscollection.org. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
5. "Provincetown Art Association and Museum". paam.org. Provincetown Art Association and Museum. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
6. "Search the Collection". ccmoa.org. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
7. Noxon, Nicolas; Finch, Robert; Noxon, Christopher; Hay, John; Holl, Harry (1997). Betty Lane: Painting a Life. Dennis, MA: Cape Museum of Fine Arts.
8. Lilienstein, Jaime; Seaman, JJ (2011). "Biography". sullivangoss.com. Sullivan Goss. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
9. "April Exhibitions at the Phillips Memorial Gallery". Wikimedia Commons. The Phillips Collection. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
10. Staff (5 April 1931). "Current Exhibitions". The Washington Post. The Washington Post. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
11. Staff (12 April 1931). "Notes of Art and Artists". The Sunday Star. The Sunday Star. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
12. Noxon, Christopher. "Remembering Betty Lane". christophernoxon.com. Christopher Noxon. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
13. "Associates | The Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press". www.wifp.org. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
14. "Betty Lane: Vertical File". library.phillipscollection.org. Phillips Collection. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
15. "Art Roster: Exhibitions Recently Opened Here". The New York Times. September 25, 1932. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
16. Devere, Howard (January 16, 1944). "Current Exhibitions in Brief". The New York Times. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
17. "Invitation to opening of exhibition of paintings by Betty Lane. Toronto, February 19, 1945". Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
18. "Paintings of Turf To Go On Display: 'Panorama of Racing History' by U.S. and British Artists Features Events in Art". The New York Times. April 19, 1948. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
19. "Betty Lane". juliehellergallery.com. Julie Heller Gallery. Archived from the original on 18 December 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
20. "Betty Lane: The Road Less Taken". sullivangoss.com/. Sullivan Goss. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
21. "Betty Lane: A Certain Kind of Woman". youtube.com. SGTV. Retrieved 22 March 2015.

External links

• Biography, Sullivan Goss Gallery