1999
Biography · Visual Arts
Mary A. Bell
1873–1941
United States
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Biography
Mary A. Bell (July 2, 1873 – September 20, 1941) was a self-taught African-American artist and illustrator. She produced over 150 known works featuring mostly women of all classes and races in their daily lives. She was little known during her life, but became more prominent after a showcase of her art at Yale University in the 1980s.
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