Ellen Semple Barry
Ellen Semple Barry (née Semple; October 4, 1898 – June 12, 1995) was an American portrait artist whose subjects included Dean Acheson, William S. Paley, Vincent Astor, W. Averell Harriman and Pablo Picasso. Some of her portraits are hung in the National Portrait Gallery.[1] She was married to the playwright Philip Barry.[2]
Ellen Semple Barry | |
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| Born | Ellen Marshall Semple October 4, 1898 New York City, New York, USA |
| Died | June 8, 1995 (aged 96) Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Portraiture, Theatre |
| Spouse | Philip Jerome Barry Philip Barry |
| Parents | Lorenzo Semple, Mary McAnerney |
Biography
Ellen Semple was the daughter of Lorenzo Semple (a Southern lawyer), and Mary Semple.[3][4]
Portraits hung in the National Portrait Gallery include Lady Bird Johnson, Archibald MacLeish and Eleanor Roosevelt.[5]
References
- "Ellen Semple Barry; Prominent Portrait Painter, Wife of Playwright". 12 June 1995 – via LA Times.
- "Philip Barry Dies; Noted Playwright". The New York Times. December 4, 1949. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2000-09-02. Retrieved 2014-06-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Sorry, this page does not exist - Ancestry". records.ancestry.com.au.
- sysadmin (21 August 2015). "The Portraits". npgportraits.si.edu.
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