Betty Lane

Place: Washington

Born: 1907

Death: 1996

Biography:

Betty Lane (September 30, 1907 – 1996) was an American artist. Lane's first exhibition was at the Phillips Memorial Gallery in 1931. Lane created figure subjects, portraits, and landscapes executed in watercolor and oil. Her work includes nature and street scenes in the Americas and Europe, domestic scenes, and grotesques. Lane's work is included in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Phillips Collection, the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, and the Cape Cod Museum of Art. Lane began painting in watercolor around age nine. After high school Lane enrolled at the Corcoran College of Art and Design. Unhappy at Corcoran, she transferred to the Massachusetts Normal Art School. In 1928 Lane traveled to Paris and studied with André Lhote. In 1929 Lane returned to the United States, living in Falls Church, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. It was during this period that Lane's work came to the attention of Duncan Phillips. In April 1931 Lane was part of an exhibition at the Phillips Memorial Gallery with John Marin and Harold Weston. Between 1930 and 1939 Lane lived in Cambridge, England, and Paris, France. From 1939 to 1946 Lane was living in Ontario, Canada. In 1946 Lane moved to the United States, teaching at Miss Porter's School from 1952 until 1965. During this time Lane began making works in woodblock printing, silkscreen, ceramics, and glass. After 1960 Lane lived in Brewster, Massachusetts, visiting Greece, Mexico, the Soviet Union, and Australia. Lane died in Brewster, Massachusetts, in 1996. In 1977, Lane became an associate of the Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press (WIFP).