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Birgitta Kathleen Moran Farmer (May 23, 1881 – January 17, 1939)[1] was an American artist particularly known for her portrait miniatures.
Birgitta Moran Farmer | |
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![]() "Self Portrait". 1924. Watercolor on Ivory | |
Born | Birgitta Kathleen Moran May 23, 1881 Lyons, New York, U.S. |
Died | January 17, 1939 (aged 57) Syracuse, New York, U.S. |
Spouse(s) | Dr. Patrick Farmer, 1913 |
Children | 4 |
Birgitta Moran was born in Lyons, New York.[2] She attended Lyons Public School and graduated from the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Rochester, New York.[2] A graduate of the College of Fine Arts of Syracuse University and a member of Gamma Phi Beta's Alpha Chapter, she won the 1906 Hiram Gee Award in Painting at commencement.[3]
She used the award to study at Académie Julian and Académie de la Grande Chaumière Paris during 1906–1907.[4][5] Among other places, she roomed at the American Girls' Club in Paris.[4]
She married Dr. Thomas Patrick Farmer of Syracuse, New York in 1913.[6] They had four children.[2] She exhibited with the Brooklyn Society of Miniature Painters,[7] American Society of Miniature Painters,[8][9] the Pennsylvania Society of Miniature Painters,[10] the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors, and the Associated Artists of Syracuse.[11] She died in 1939 in Syracuse, New York, of cancer, aged 57.[2]
Farmer's work, including her 1924 self-portrait, was exhibited at the 24th and 25th Annual Exhibition of American Society of Miniature Painters[8][9] and the Pennsylvania Society of Miniature Painters's 38th Annual Exhibition.[10]
Her portraits of Briget Amelia Moran[12] (nee Fitzpatrick) titled "Mother" and of Anna V. Dunn titled "Mrs. Hugh Edward McSloy"[12] were exhibited at the 1921 Annual Water Colors and Miniature Exhibitions of The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.[13][12]
Her portrait of her daughter "Anne"[12] was included in the 1933 Chicago World's Fair Century of Progress "Exhibition of Miniature Paintings by Living Artists",[14] The Metropolitan Museum of Art "Four Centuries of Miniature Painting",[15] and the Smithsonian American Art Museum National Collection of Fine Arts.[16]
Farmer is included in the National Portrait Gallery (United States) Catalog of American Portraits,[12] the National Portrait Gallery Library [17] and the Archives of American Art.[18]
Her art was often signed “B K Moran”, “Moran”, or “B M Farmer”.[12]
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