Background
Parish, Betty Waldo was born on December 6, 1910 in Cologne, Germany. Daughter of William F. and Josephine (Driggs) Parish.
Parish, Betty Waldo was born on December 6, 1910 in Cologne, Germany. Daughter of William F. and Josephine (Driggs) Parish.
Student, Academy Fine Arts, Chicago, 1928. Student, Art Students League, New York City, 1930. Student, Grand Central School, New York City, 1930.
Student, Juliens, Paris, France, 1931. Student, New School, New York City, 1940.
Exhibited in one-man show New School Social Research, 1963. Exhibitions include: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, National Gallery, Corcoran Gallery, Library of Congress, Smithsonian Institution, Carnegie Institute, Seattle Art Museum, Philadelphia Print Club, Print Club Albany, New York, Royal Society Painters, Etchers and Engravers, London, England, Stedelyk Museum, Holland, Masion des Arts, Brussels, Kremls Museum, Berlin, Germany, also in Greece and Japan. Represented in permanent collections: Library of Congress, Metropolitan Museum, New York Public Library, British Museum, Pennsylvania State College, Museum d'Art, Brussels, Museum City New York, New York History Society, Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, Chicago Art Institute, American Society Etchers, John Taylor Arms collection, College Fine Arts Syracuse University, Norfolk (Virginia) Museum, Holyoke College, Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas, State University of New York, also private collections.Contributor articles on travel to newspapers.
Member National Arts Club, American Artists Professional League, Art Students League (life;, board directors 1938-1940), National Association Woman Artists (executive board 1937-1940, 54-56, Conklin prize 1983), Pen and Brush (chairman oil section 1943-1947, 60-61, director 1960-1963), Audubon Artists (board 1959-1963, 77–, Raskin award 1982, Philipp memorial award 1984), Society of America Graphic Artists (board 1960-1961), California Society Etchers, Chicago Society Etchers, Mayflower Society Knickerbocker Artists.
Married E. Stanhope Leonard, 1929 (deceased 1934). Married Whitney Darrow, Junior, 1938 (divorced 1941). Married R.C. Eames, November 19, 1942.
Children: R. C. II, Elizabeth Eames Calver.