biography of Elizabeth Campbell CLAY (1871-1959)

Birth place: Dedham, MA

Addresses: NYC; Halifax, England

Profession: Painter

Studied: BMFA School; NY School Art; Robert Henri School; with R. Henri in Paris, Wm. Chase in Madrid (scholarship)

Exhibited: Copley Soc., City Club, Art Club, all Boston; Rowland's Gallery, Boston, 1909 (solo); Royal Academy, England, 1927, 1928; Yorkshire Union of Artists; Royal Cambrian Academy; New English Art Club; Manchester City Art Gallery; British Soc. of Women Artists.

Comments: Specialty: flowers, portraits, landscapes, garden and city scenes. She married Howard Clay in 1909 and later moved to Yorkshire, England, where she continued to paint and exhibit.

Sources: Petteys, Dictionary of Women Artists; Art by American Women: ...the Collection of L.and A. Sellars, 76.