The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Fuller, Lucia Fairchild

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Fuller, Lucia Fairchild, American artist: b. Boston, 6 Dec. 1872. She was educated at Shaw's Private School, the Cowles Art School under Dennis M. Bunker, and at the Art Student's League, New York, under William M. Chase and H. Siddons Mowbray. Since 1889 she has been engaged professionally as a painter, chiefly of miniatures. She was married in 1893 to Henry Brown Fuller. She was awarded a bronze medal at the Paris Exposition of 1900, a silver medal at Buffalo in 1901 and a gold medal at the Saint Louis Exposition of 1904. In 1906 she became associate of the National Academy and in 1913 was president of the Society of Miniature Painters. She is also a member of the New York Water Color Club.