Biografie von Barbara Barrett CAPLES (1914)

Birth place: Providence, RI

Addresses: Alexandria, VA

Profession: Printmaker, painter

Studied: Smith Col. AB (magna cum laude), 1936; Yale Univ. Sch. Fine Arts, 1936-1938; also with George Laurence Nelson & Ruth Starr Rose.

Exhibited: Am. WC Soc., 1938; Soc. Wash. Printmakers, 1968-; solo shows, Smith Col. & Art League, Alexandria, Va., 1970; Boston Printmakers, 1971. Awards: first prize for watercolor, CZ Art Assn., 1947; numerous awards, Art League, Alexandria, 1965-1971; hon. men., Fairfax Co. Cult. Assn., 1971.

Member: Soc. Washington Printmakers; Art League, Alexandria (mem. bd., 1969); N. Va. Fine Arts Assn.

Work: Smith Col. Mus., Northampton, Mass.; Univ. Va., Charlottesville.

Comments: Teaching: instr. art & art hist., Rye Country Day Sch., NY, 1938-1940; instr. art, Walter Reed Hosp., Wash., DC, 1943-1945; instr. serigraphy, YWCA, Alexandria, 1965-.