Lucy Wilson Rice (March 14, 1874 – March 12, 1963) was an American artist known for her portraits of notable people from Texas and her Texan landscapes.

Biography

Born Lucy Wilson in

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, she graduated from Baylor Female College with a degree in art (1891). She later obtained further art training from

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, who painted her portrait. She married Charles Donnell Rice in 1895. In 1900, Rice moved to

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, where Charles had a teaching position at the University of Texas. She later lived for a period in Paris before returning to Austin and opening a studio. She stopped painting in 1952 due to failing eyesight. In addition to landscapes and marine paintings, Rice painted portraits of Vice-President

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and Texas governors

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, Miriam A. Ferguson, and Ross Shaw Sterling. Her work is in the collection of the Texas State Library, the Texas Memorial Museum, and several colleges, among other institutions.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rice, Lucy Wilson 1874 births 1963 deaths American portrait painters Painters from Texas 20th-century American painters University of Mary Hardin–Baylor alumni 20th-century American women painters