Education
In 1928 Lane traveled to Paris and studied with André Lhote.
In 1928 Lane traveled to Paris and studied with André Lhote.
Lane"s first exhibition was at the Phillips Memorial in 1931. Lane created figure subjects, portraits, and landscapes executed in watercolor and oil. Her work includes nature and street scenes in the Americas and Europe, domestic scenes, and grotesques.
Lane"s work is included in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Phillips Collection, the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, and the Cape Cod Museum of Artist
Born in Washington, District of Columbia in 1907, Betty Lane was the youngest of six children born to a Marine officer Lane began painting in watercolor around age 9.
After high school Lane enrolled at the Corcoran College of Art and Design. Unhappy at Corcoran, she transferred to the Massachusetts Normal Art School.
In 1929 Lane returned to the United States, living in Falls Church, Virginia and Washington, District of Columbia lieutenant was during this period that Lane"s work came to the attention of Duncan Phillips.
In April 1931 Lane was part of an exhibition at the Phillips Memorial with John Marin and Harold Weston. Between 1930 and 1939 Lane lived in Cambridge, England and Paris, France. From 1939 to 1946 Lane was living in Ontario, Canada.
In 1946 Lane moved to the United States, teaching at Mission Porter"s School from 1952 until 1965.
During this time Lane began making works in woodblock printing, silkscreen, ceramics, and glass. After 1960 Lane lived in Brewster, Massachusetts, visiting Greece, Mexico, the Soviet Union, and Australia.
Lane died in Brewster, Massachusetts in 1996. 1931 Washington, District of Columbia Phillips Memorial “April at the Phillips Memorial John Marin, Harold Weston, Betty Lane.”
1931 Washington, District of Columbia Phillips Memorial "Watercolors by Betty Lane 1931 (The Washington Room)."
1932 New New York
Delphic Studios. 1941 New New York
Galerie Saint Etienne. 1944 Washington, District of Columbia Whyte 1944 New New York Galerie Saint Etienne. 1945 Ontario.
Ontario Society of Artists.
1948 New New York 44th Street 1948 Barnstable, Massachusetts. Cape Cod Art Association.
1958 Buffalo, New New York
Carl Bredemeier 1997 Dennis, Master of Arts. Cape Cod Museum of Artist "Betty Lane: Painting a "
1999 Provincetown, Massachusetts. Julie Heller 2006 Santa Barbara, California.
Sullivan Goss.
"Betty Lane: The Road Less Taken."
2008 Santa Barbara, California. Sullivan Goss.