Biografie von Ada Clifford MURPHY (1859-1949)

Birth place: Saratoga, NY

Addresses: Arkville, NY, active 1886-1933

Profession: Painter, illustrator

Studied: CUA Sch.; Douglas Volk.

Exhibited: NAD, 25 annuals,1886-1918 (prize, 1894); AIC, 1889, 1896; Boston AC, 1893-97; AWCS, 1898; Pan-Am. Expo., Buffalo, 1901 (prize); PAFA Ann., 1912; Pan-Pacific Expo, San Fran., 1915.

Member: NAWA; NAC.

Comments: She married artist John Frances Murphy in 1883, and in 1887, they built a home and studio in Arkville, in the Catskill Mountains of NY. In 1886, they took a a painting trip to Europe, visiting England, Holland and France; and in 1924, she painted in Bermuda.

Sources: WW33; Art by American Women: ...the Collection of L.and A. Sellars, 51; Falk, Exh. Record Series.

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