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Adah Clifford Murphy

Adah Clifford Murphy (1859 - 1949) was active/lived in New York.  Adah Murphy is known for Landscape, portrait and miniature painting, illustration.

A landscape, portrait, and miniature* painter, Ada Murphy was prominent in eastern art circles in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

She was born in Saratoga, New York, and studied at Cooper Union Art School* and with Douglas Volk in New York.  In 1883, she married artist John Frances Murphy, and they first established a studio in the Hotel Chelsea and then built a home and studio in Arkville in the Catskill Mountains where they taught art classes.

In 1886, they traveled and painted in Europe. 

She became a member of the National Association of Women Artists* in 1914 and was a member of the National Arts Club*.  Her work was exhibited in twenty-five annual exhibitions at the National Academy of Design* in New York where she was awarded the Hallgarten Prize in 1894.  Her work was also included in the 1889 and 1896 annual exhibitions of the Art Institute of Chicago and at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, the 1912 a   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3567 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Adah Clifford Murphy

   Publications  Book References:  15
Magazine References:  1

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1 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Adah Clifford Murphy
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Art & Auction Marketplace January 2000 Editors Yes
15 Book References for Adah Clifford Murphy
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1991 Sternberg, Paul E Art by American Women Collection Louise and Alan Sellars
(Exhibition catalog)
146 Yes
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)
1117 No
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One) 421 Yes
1990 Sternberg, Paul E Centennial Exhibition 1889-1989 Members National Assoc Women Artists
(Exhibition catalog)
62 Yes
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II
(Exhibition catalog)
612 No
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900 851 No
1982 Opitz, Glenn Dictionary of American Artists 372 No
1973 Collins, Jim L. Women Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to Present 426 No
1973 Naylor, Maria Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set)
(Exhibition catalog)
1075 No
1915 Walter, John; Pedro Lemos Panama-Pacific Exposition: Catalogue of the Post-Exposition Exhibit 112 No
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