Hetty Burlingame Beatty
Born(1907-11-08)November 8, 1907
New Canaan, Connecticut
DiedAugust 20, 1971(1971-08-20) (aged 63)
NationalityAmerican
Known forIllustration, Sculpture
MovementAmerican modernism
Spouse
Lewis F. Whitney
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(m. 1959)​

Hetty Burlingame Beatty (October 8, 1907 – August 20, 1971) was an American sculptor, writer of children's literature and illustrator.[1]

Biography

Beatty was born in New Canaan, Connecticut. From 1924 until 1929 she attended the Boston Museum School. She trained as a sculptor. Frederick W. Allen was the daily instructor at that time with Charles Grafly coming up from Philadelphia twice a month to give criticisms as head of the Sculpture Department.

Her works were exhibited nationally and won a number of awards. A one-woman show of her sculpture and drawings was held at the Worcester Art Museum in 1941. She also had shows at: Art Institute of Chicago, Knoedler Gallery-New York City, MacBeth Gallery-New York, Pennsylvania Academy, and the Society of Independent Artists.[2]

In addition to being a sculptor, Beatty also took up writing and illustrating children’s books.

On October 11, 1959, she married Lewis F. Whitney, another artist.[1]

Beatty once commented to Contemporary Authors, "I started out as a sculptor and gradually shifted over to the field of writing, becoming so absorbed in it that I devote nearly all my time to it now, along with illustration of most of my own books for children.”[3]

Hetty Burlingame Beatty died on August 20, 1971.

Awards

  • Mrs. David Hunt Scholarship in Sculpture
  • Second prize at the International Exhibition of Horses in Sculpture in New York

Authorship

  • Topsy (1947)
  • Little Wild Horse (1949)
  • Little Owl Indian (1951)
  • Bronto (1952)
  • Saint Francis and the Wolf (1953)
  • Droopy (1954)
  • Thumps (1955)
  • Bucking Horse (1957)
  • Voyage of the Sea Wind (1959)
  • Blitz (1961)
  • Moorland Pony (1961)
  • Trumper (1963)
  • Bryn (1965)
  • Rebel, the Reluctant Racehorse (1968)

References

  1. 1 2 "Beatty, Hetty Burlingame". Social Networks and Archival Context: SNAC. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  2. ↑ Hetty Beatty - Artist, Art - Hetty Burlingame Beatty
  3. ↑ Gale Literary Databases. "Hetty Burlingame Beatty." Contemporary Authors. 28 October 2003. 30 June 2005
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