About Betty
Betty Gross painted and studied the visual arts since she was 14; she seriously pursued sculpture, life drawing, monotype and other media for over 60 years, studying with King Coffin at the DeCordova Museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts from 1967-1977, as well as, with Paul Stopforth and Roselynn Karol Ablow. In 1946 Ms. Gross received her B.A. in fine arts from the University of Richmond, Virginia, and was with the Art Students' League, in New York City from 1947 to 1948. She also studied printmaking with Donald Stoltenberg 1970-1972, with John Thorton 1973 to 1974, and George Dergalis 1976 to 1978. Ms Gross worked prolifically both her "summer studio" in Gay Head, Martha's Vineyard, and "winter studio" in Waban, until her passing in 2015, leaving behind thousands of works which we will continue to upload and archive here.
Education
1946
BA Fine Arts
University of Richmond
Richmond, Virginia
1947-1948
The Art Students League
New York, New York
1967-1977
King Coffin
DeCordova Museum
1970-1972
Donald Stoltenberg - Printmaking
DeCordova Museum
1973-1974
John Thorton
1976-1978
George Dergalis
Quotes
"From an early age I was involved with trying to capture in some way impressions from the world around me. This included many years of picture making and much study of artists past and present. In trying to reproduce a figure or a still life or a landscape in a representational or impressionistic way I have used many mediums, paint, charcoal, print making and clay, among others. Having lived in Newton for the past 42 years I was fortunate enough to have been involved with and inspired by many gifted and generous artist-teachers in the Boston area, including Paul Stopforth, Roz Ablow, Ron Rizzi, Mancia Zonis among others.
I have been active in the Newton Arts Center since it's inception, first on the board and now on it's exhibition committee. My work has been in exhibitions in Boston and the surrounding communities, on Martha's Vineyard and New York. "
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Betty Gross - Newton Arts Gallery (1996)
"Having sculpted and worked from the figure for many years in a variety of media, these new works on paper in acrylic, oil, and oil pastel have evolved into a more abstract symbolism as result of a recent interest in monotype.
Based on nature and still life, both random and subjective, the paintings have begun to be more concerned with process than with content"
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Betty Gross