Hilda Belcher

Hilda Belcher (September 20, 1881 – April 27, 1963) was an American painter known for her oils, watercolors, portraits, and illustrations depicting individuals and landscapes, both in formal portraiture and in casual scenes of children and daily life.: 49  She was the second woman to be accepted into the National Academy of Design. In 1935, Anne Miller Downes, a reviewer for The New York Times, called Belcher was "one of the most distinguished women artists in America".