Willie Betty Newman
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Willie Betty Newman | |
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| Born | January 21, 1863 Murfreesboro, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | February 6, 1935 (aged 72) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Education | Soule College Greenwood Seminary |
| Alma mater | Cincinnati Art School Académie Julian |
| Occupation | Painter |
| Spouse | J. Warren Newman |
| Children | 1 son |
| Parent(s) | William Francis Betty Sophie Rucker |
Willie Betty Newman (1863-1935) was an American painter. Born on a plantation during the Civil War, she studied painting in Cincinnati, Ohio and Paris, France. She exhibited her paintings in Parisian salons in the 1890s. She established a studio in Nashville, Tennessee, in the early 1900s, where she did portraits of prominent Tennesseans, including President James K. Polk.
Willie Betty was born on January 21, 1863, on Maple Grove Plantation, later known as Betty Place,[1] in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.[2][3] Her father, Colonel William Francis Betty, served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War of 1861–1865.[1] Her mother, Sophie Rucker, was the daughter of Benjamine Rucker, the owner of the Maple Grove Plantation,[1] and the owner of 200 slaves.[4]
Betty was educated at the Soule College in Murfreesboro and the Greenwood Seminary in Lebanon, Tennessee.[3] She attended Thomas Satterwhite Noble's Cincinnati Art School in Cincinnati, Ohio.[2][3] She subsequently attended the Académie Julian in Paris, France.[3]
