Mabel Degen

Mabel Hussey Degen, formerly of Louisville, Ky., began her art studies in Paris at the Academy Julian, but branched off into miniature painting with Mme. Debillement-Chardon and became a member of the French Miniature Society, exhibiting several times at the George Petit galleries and the Salon Francaise.

She later went to Spain and copied Velasquez and Goya at the Prado, studying with Lopez Mesquita, the well-known portrait painter. Before leaving Spain, she had two portraits admitted to the biennial exhibition of the Belles Artes in Madrid, being the only American represented in that year, 1926.

Returning to Paris, she had a nude admitted in the Beaux Arts Francaise. She worked with Andre Lhote and joined the Modern American and English Painters, who give two exhibitions each year. She also took part in several small exhibitions in Mont, parnasse. While in Sydney, Australia, she gave a one-man exhibition in the Industrial Art Club of paintings completed while there.

Excerpt from; Exhibition of PAINTINGS by MABEL HUSSEY DEGEN

March 3 to 24, 1940