Willie Betty Newman | |
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.png) Taken by J. C. Strauss, 1902 | |
| Born | January 21, 1863 Murfreesboro, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | February 6, 1935 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Education | Soule College Greenwood Seminary |
| Alma mater | Cincinnati Art School Académie Julian |
| Occupation | Painter |
| Spouse | J. Warren Newman |
| Children | 1 son |
| Parent(s) | William Francis Betty Sophie Rucker |
Willie Betty Newman (1863-1935) was an American painter. Born on a plantation during the Civil War, she studied painting in Cincinnati, Ohio and Paris, France. She exhibited her paintings in Parisian salons in the 1890s. She established a studio in Nashville, Tennessee, in the early 1900s, where she did portraits of prominent Tennesseans, including President James K. Polk.