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Sarah Blythe Beatty Oil on canvas titled "Steubenville Night Bus"

Sarah Downing Blythe Beatty (Pennsylvania, 1876-1943) oil on canvas titled STEUBENVILLE NIGHT BUS depicting a nursing and sleeping mother with her three sleeping children and other passengers on a bus. Exhibition label en verso reading, Sarah Blythe Beatty, The Butler Art Institute, Youngstown, OH, 1941 New Year Show, en verso. Housed in an elaborate carved gilt wood frame. Biography - Sarah Downing Blythe Beatty, of Pittsburgh, PA was born in Indianola, Iowa but spent most of her youth in Malvern, Iowa at BLYTHEWOOD, her grandfather's farm. She entered the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts around 1895 or 1896 where she studied with Robert Henri and George Inness, Jr. She was a founding member of The Associated Artists of Pittsburgh and won first place in the 1914 Pittsburgh show. The painting has a provenance from the estate of Ann Thomas Kern, Pittsburgh, PA. Sight: 23 1/2" H x 29 1/2" W. Framed: 36" H x 42 1/4" W x 4" D. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)