San Diego Landscape Painters Williams, Mary Belle Old San Diego Mission Mary Belle Williams American, 1873-1943 Oil on Canvas, circa 1927 Unsigned 19 7/8 x 23 7/8 inches Gift of Anonymous Donor, 84.72.7 Back Cover of this Journal issue: Balboa Park Mary Belle Williams American, 1873-1943 Oil on Canvas, late 1920s-mid 1930s Courtesy of Miriam and Kevin Munnelly Williams, Mary Belle (1873-1943) Painter Born in Massilon, Ohio on December 13, 1873, the daughter of Henry and Alwida (Beazel) Williams. Mary Belle began art studies as a child and continued at the ASL in New York City. She moved to San Diego about 1906 where her brother owned a gold mine in nearby Julian. In San Diego she maintained a studio in a building she owned at Seventh and Beech streets where Alfred R. Mitchell also lived and worked. Her last six months were spent in a hospital in Los Angeles where she died on June 21, 1943. Her oeuvre includes portraits, landscapes, miniatures, and floral sill lifes. Member: San Diego Art Guild (charter member, 1915). Exhibited: Panama-California Exposition, San Diego, 1915 (silver and bronze medals); Western Painters Traveling Exhibition, 1923-24; San Diego FA Gallery, 1927; California Pacific Int'l Exposition, San Diego, 1935. Works held: San Diego Historical Society; San Diego Public Library (portrait of Kate Sessions). Source: San Diego Historical Society, CA&A.