Phoebe Davis Natt (1848–1899) was an American painter.

Biography

Natt was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania on November 23, 1848. She studied at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts She also studied in Paris, France and Florence, Italy. Her teachers included

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and Tony Robert-Fleury. She studied etching with Stephen Parrish. Natt exhibited her art at The Women's Pavilion of the Philadelphia

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of 1876. Her work was included in the 1888 exhibition "Women Etchers of America", where she is listed as ''Natt, Phebe D. (Miss)''. She exhibited her work in the Woman's Building at the 1893

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in Chicago, Illinois. Natt also exhibited her work at the

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, the

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, the Salmagundi Club, the Boston Art Club, and the

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. Natt died in

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on July 23, 1899. Phoebe Davis Natt-Washer Woman

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Natt, Phoebe Davis 1848 births 1899 deaths 19th-century American women artists Artists from Pennsylvania People from Bellefonte, Pennsylvania Philadelphia School of Design for Women alumni