Ada Clifford Murphy

American painter and illustrator
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IntroAmerican painter and illustrator
A.K.A.J. Francis (Mistress) Murphy A.C. Murphy
A.K.A.J. Francis (Mistress) Murphy A.C. Murphy
PlacesUnited States of America
wasPainter Illustrator Artist
Work fieldArts Creativity
Gender
Female
Birth1859, Saratoga, New York, USA
Death1949 (aged 90 years)
Family
Spouse:John Francis Murphy
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Biography

Ada Clifford Murphy (1859 — 1949) was an American painter and illustrator from New York. She was active in 1890-1930 and painted in a similar style as her husband noted artist John Francis Murphy (1853 – 1921).

Ada Clifford Murphy was born in 1859 in Saratoga, New York. She is a graduate of Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., and also studied arts with painter Douglas Volk.

She was a member of the National Association of Women Artists and National Arts Council.

Selected exhibitions

  • National Academy of Design, 25 annuals, 1886-1918 (prize, 1894)
  • AIC, 1889, 1896
  • Boston AC, 1893-97
  • AWCS, 1898
  • Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901 (prize)
  • Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Annual, 1912
  • Pan-Pacific Expo, San Fran., 1915.

Personal life

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

Death

Murphy died in 1949 at the age of 90.

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