biography of Alice Blair RING (1869-1947)

Birth place: Knightville, MA.

Death place: Pomona, CA

Addresses: Pomona, CA

Profession: Painter, miniature painter

Studied: Oberlin College; ASL; ASL Wash., DC; Académie Julian, Paris with J.P. Laurens & Mme. Laforge; J. Dupré in Paris; Geo. Hitchcock; G. Melchers.

Exhibited: AIC, 1905-06; Paris Salon, 1905-07, 1909; Acad. Julian Portrait Competition, 1908 (2 bronze medals); Pan-Pacific Expo, 1915; Pomona, 1922 (first prize), 1936 (first prize); Long Beach, CA, 1928 (hon. men.); Century of Progress Expo, Chicago, 1933; LACMA, 1936 (hon. men.)

Member: Cleveland Woman's AA; Laguna Beach AA; Calif. SMP; Women Painters of the West; AFA.

Work: Pilgrim Congregational Church, Pomona, CA

Comments: She made 16 trips around the world before 1930.

Sources: WW40; Hughes, Artists of California, 469.