Clara Louise Bell
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Clara Louise Bell | |
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| Born | 1886 Newton Falls, Ohio, United States |
| Died | 1978 (aged 91–92) |
| Alma mater | Cleveland School of Art, Art Students League of New York |
| Known for | Miniature painting |
| Spouse | Bela Janowsky |
Clara Louise Bell (1886 – 1978)[1] (also known as Clara Louise Janowsky) was an American miniature painter.
Bell was born in 1886 in Newton Falls, Ohio.[2] She went to school at the Cleveland School of Art and at the Art Students League of New York.[2] While at the Art Students League, she studied under Edith Stevenson Wright (1883–1975) and Henry Keller.[3]
Career
Bell painted miniature portraits. She was a member of the American Society of Miniature Painters.[2] She was awarded the Penton Medal in 1919 by the Cleveland Museum of Art.
In 1943, she married sculptor Bela Janowsky.[4] Bell painted portraits of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover[3] for the collection of American presidents at Butler Institute of American Art.[5]
