Belcher, Hilda, 1881-1963
Watercolorist
Size: 1 Microfilm reel, 17 items
Summary: This microfilm collection contains photographs of Hilda Belcher in art school and working on paintings and portraits (circa 1900-1940); and photographs of Martha Wood Belcher painting in her studio (circa 1886-1920). They are annotated by members of the Belcher family.
Hilda Belcher (1881-1963) was a painter, illustrator, and educator from Pittsford, Vermont. Belcher was a prolific portrait painter in New York, Washington and the deep South. Her mother was Martha Wood Belcher.
Martha Wood Belcher (1844-1930) was a landscape painter and educator in Pittsford, Vermont. Born in Birmingham, England, Belcher emigrated with her family to Schenectady, New York. An admirer and patron supported her studies at Cooper Union and in Europe. She moved to Vermont to teach art at Ripley College.
Owned by Jane C. and Stephen Belcher, and Barbara Belcher Mericle, Pittsford, Vermont. Lent for microfilming 1983 by the Belcher family.
The Archives of American Art also holds the Hilda Belcher photocopies of photographs of paintings, 1904-circa 1947.
English .
35mm microfilm reel 2934 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Hilda and Martha Wood Belcher photographs, circa 1865-1940. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
