 Belle Austin is primarily known as Martha Elizabeth Austin
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Belle Austin, (1880-1980), was born in Smith County, Texas. She was a direct descendant of Stephen F. Austin, the Father of Texas. A child prodigy as an artist she was painting at age seven and as a teenager was selling her paintings. Her family wanted to provide a formal art training background for their daughter and sent her to New York to study with artist and teacher George Bridgman.
She attended the Art Students League in New York. After completing her training in New York she trave (showing 500 of 1437 characters). |
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