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|  Alma Magdalena Hirsig Bliss was born in Bern, Switzerland on June 24, 1875. Alma Hirsig studied painting under G. DeBillemot-Chardon, Rene Prinet, and Gustave Courtois in Paris before immigrating to the U.S. about 1900.
After settling in New York City with her well-to-do parents, she further studied at the Art Students League and with Robert Reid, Willard Metcalf, and Douglas Volk. By 1920 she was the wife of Louis E. Bliss; by 1923 she was a widow.
She became known for her miniatures which won prizes in juried exhibitions. She appears to have made trips to California to paint and exhibit. Primarily a miniature painter, she also painted Barbizon landscapes and a mural in the Wilbraham & Monson Academy in Massachusetts.
Her work was shown with the Society of Independent Artists, 1921; Pennsylvania Society of Miniature Painters, 1931 (prize); American Society of Miniature Painters, 1932 (prize); National Society of Women Artists; California Society of Miniature Painters, 1938 (medal).
Her works are held in the Metropolitan Museum; Corcoran Gallery (Washington, DC); Philadelphia Museum of Art; Norfolk Museum; Brooklyn Museum; Smithsonian Institute Art Museum.
| Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
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