biography of Sara Whitney OLDS (1899-?)

Birth place: Springfield, OH

Addresses: Mt. Sinai, NY

Profession: Portrait painter, teacher

Studied: CI; Art Inst., Pittsburgh; Guiseppi Trotta.

Exhibited: Douglaston AL, 1930-46, 1945 (prize), 1946 (prize); Patchogue, NY, 1943; 8th St. Gal., NYC, 1943; Nassau County AL, 1944, 1945; Minneola Fair, 1944 (prize), 1945 (prize); Long Island Arts Festival, 1946; Mineola Fair, 1944 (prize), 1945 (prize); Art Lg., Long Island,1945 (prize), 1946 (prize), 1949 (prize), 1950 (prize); Stony Brook Mus. Art, 1950 (prize); St. James, Long Island, 1951 (prize); Old Town Arts & Crafts; Springfield AA, 1952-54 (bronze medal); Springfield, OH, 1951 (solo) (prize); NYC, 1951; Cutchogue, LI, 1952.

Member: Douglaston AL; Nassau County AL; Long Island AL

Work: portraits, Medical Lib., U.S. Army, Wash., DC; Warder Pub. Lib., Springfield, OH; Station Hospital, Mitchell Field, LI; Parrish Mus.

Comments: Teaching: Hewlett Sch. for Girls, East Islip, NY. Specialized in children's portraits. Illustr.: Look Your Best, 1938; Color and Design in Apparel, 1942.

Sources: WW59; WW47.

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