Louise Minert Kelly
[nee Louisa Minert]
June 14! 1876 - Feb. 5, 1948*

Rev. 2003-04-30, 08-18, -09-03, -11-06, -18, -12-05, 2004-02-09, 2005-04-25 (Birth, Painting)
2005-06-06 (Paintings), -07-11 (portraits), -07-29, -08-14, -10-20, 2006-05-31 (portrait),
2007-04-18 Census, -11-20 Formatting; 2008-01-15 details, format, 2008-06-12 (birthday)
 2008-10-14 (new paintings)

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This page could be the story of my search for information or a record of the information on my great-aunt Louise Kelly.
It has turned out to be a bit of both.

The paintings of Louise Kelly, my great aunt, (right) hung in our house as I was growing up, a seashore of rocks and waves, a large green parrot and a French country road scene with tall slender trees flanking a road. She was an impressionist. At least one of her paintings in our house was destroyed in the fire of New Years Eve of 1964-65  Another of her paintings hung in Uncle Bill's (William Minert) home until his death. Several relatives hold works of hers  See further notes below.
As related in the message to my sister near the bottom of this page, I began looking while watching my favorite TV show, Antiques Roadshow. The entries below were copied at the library tonight (2001-11-06) I didn't copy the brief entry which is in Davenport that is the only one the mentions a price, $1200 for 36" x 48" Note that none gives a death date.  [I became bugged by this lack and by the difficulty in finding a definate birth date for her which drove me to collect and research until today]
I don't recall if I ever saw (or if it is still there [yes]) the work in the Home Economics Hall at Iowa State during my time there, probably not. A lady reports that one belonging to her family hanging in the home provided the President of Iowa State University. She has sent me an image, but does not want me to post it. It is a country road scene with hay piles to the lower left, trees to the right and purple hills in the background.  Another great aunt, Keo, was a professor at Iowa State and that may be the connection of Louise paintings to ISU.  I am lately [2005-07-09] informed that Louise was a lecturer at Iowa State in the 40's, this would be after her husband died and she moved to Ames to live with her sisters.
In late 2002 and early 2003, I got an interlibrary loan from the Iowa State Library of the microfilms of the Ames Tribune from late 1948-early 1950, following on John Sharf's belief that she died in 1949 [my mistake] (despite the line below.)  These had to be used on the microfilm machines at the library downtown, a real pain, and were in many cases of poor quality - blurred.  But the death notices seemed to appear on the front page only of the ones I looked at in detail, so I looked at every front page, looking for the story and did not find anything.
This picture appears in the booklet 1946 Artists of the Rockport Art Association, kindly sent by Margaret Redington, Assistant Director.  To my mind it was clearly taken earlier, but it is such a nice portrait, I have included it. The caption underneath reads LOUISE KELLY Born in Iowa. Studied at Chicago Art Institute; George Elmer Browne in France, Italy, Tunis; Leonard Richmond, London; Lester Stevens, Rockport. Exhibited in Spring Salon, Paris and in numerous galleries in this country. Member: Minneapolis Fine Arts; Chicago Galleries Association; Rockport Art Association; League of American Pen- women's first prize, Washington, D. C. and second prize, Chicago.   Most of this information refers to events that occurred in the late 20's and early 30's.  The e-mail from Ms. Redington says that this is the only time she was a member of the Rockport Art Association. 2006-05-31

In an extraordinary bit of news, just as I was was giving up on confirming anything, the following e-mail arrived with a definite date of death.  I have sent money to the state for a copy.
From: "Dorian Myhre"
Subject: Louise Minert Kelly
Date: Thursday, November 06, 2003 1:27 PM
Dear Mike:
  Bet you thought you'd never hear from me. I've been so busy and didn't want to promise anything. But I had a day off today so went to Administration Bldg. to check on Louise for you:
  Louise Minert Kelly, age 71, died 5 Feb. 1948 at Mary Greeley Hospital in Ames, Story County, Iowa. They used Adams Funeral Home which is still in business in Ames, incidentally. The 1948 records (at the county level) are down to the bare bones but the death certificate from the State Dept. of Health in Des Moines should have parent's names, place of interment, birth date, etc.
Hope this helps.
Dorian Myhre

Through the wonderful courtesy of Phyllis Peterson via e-mail, I have been able to look at the pages for the 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 censuses (censi?) for all the details on the originals.  The pages she found and forwarded from Ancestry.com I could have accessed using their short term free access, but it would have taken me a lot of minutes to work through the links to the county and page.  By taking the dates of each census and additional information offered on the lines of the people.

  The first two censi put her birthday after early June 1876, the second saying she was born in June.  The Married line combined with 1930 census agrees with birthday after early June.  Little is gained from the 1910 census other than confirmation.  The age in the 1920 census has simply got to be wrong in light of all the other numbers.  The writing on careful examination does not permit the copout that the 2 might be a 3 because the 2 looks like other 2's on the page.
  I am now going to be looking for wedding info to see if the birth date is given there.  2005-04-25 [Nope 2005-10-08]

"I checked the 1920 census and Edward P. Kelly (44) and his wife Louise M. Kelly (42) were living in Carrington, Foster County, North Dakota.  The census was taken on 15 Jan 1920." 
I checked the 1930 census:
Ellen M. Minert, widow, 51, 1st married at 19, was boarding with her sister Maude in Ames, Story, Iowa and was employed as a music teacher with her own studio.
Edward P. Kelly (age 54, estimated born 1875) and Louise Kelly (53, estimated born 1876) are living in Minneapolis. "
   Phyllis Peterson, Nov.16, 2003

http://pubweb.acns.nwu.edu/~osmun/JohnMinert.htm this web site has this line.
"Louisa, born 1876 in Waukon, Allamakee County, Iowa and married Edward Patrick Kelly and died in 1948" under John Balch Minert.
  [Her name as Louisa appears in the 1880 census.  Several places Louise A appears, including her wedding announcement in the Carrington paper, presumably called in by her new husband.  I suspect she got fed up with people taking Louisa Minert as Louise A. Minert and perhaps thought Louise was more grownup than Louisa. MF]

EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
Vol II, pg 513-514  [The information attached to the Kelly description on the internet site http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hom&id=I2035  is wrong people, Post-Um added 2003-12-06  http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hom&id=I2038  ]

http://www.rootsweb.com/~iaallama/school/waukon.htm
Alumni of Waukon High School 1879-1929
- source: 1929 Walk-On (Waukon) Yearbook, Volume Two; published by the Senior Class of the Waukon High School. Class of ’95 (1895)
[Address in 1929]
Louise Minert-Kelly -- Minneapolis, Minnesota
[ 2003-08-18]

Allamakee Co. School Records - Waukon 

Alumni of Waukon High School 1879-1929

Corrected text from obituary in Ames Tribune, Feb 5th, 1948.

Mrs. Kelly Dies This Morning

Louise Minert Kelly, 211 Beech avenue, died this morning at 8:15 in Mary Greeley hospital of a cerebral hemorrhage. She had been ill one week.  Mrs. Kelly, an artist of national reputation, had been in Ames since 1939.

She was born In Waukon, Ia., the daughter of John and Margaret Minert, and the eldest of a family of five. She spent her childhood in Waukon and was graduated from the schools there. she taught for two years in Waukon public schools before going to Chicago to further her training in art and music at the Chicago Art Institute and the Chicago Musical college. Later while teaching at Austin. Minn.. she married Edward P. Kelley, an attorney.

LIVED AT CARRINGTON

They established their home in Carrington. N. D., where they were active in church and civic life and later moved to Minneapolis which was their home for many years.   Mrs. Kelley traveled extensively and gradually achieved recognition as an artist, having had a picture exhibited in the Paris Salon at one time.

It was after her husband’s death in 1939 that Mrs. Kelly came to Ames to live with two sisters, Mrs. Maud M. Sharf and Ella Mae Minert.  A brother, John W. Minert, also lives in this city, and a second brother. James G. Minert, preceded her in death.

Mrs. Kelly was a member of the Minneapolis Fine Arts club, the Chicago Galleries association, the Rockport Art association and the League of American Penwomen. She belonged to the Hennepin Methodist church in Minneapolis.

Funeral services will be Saturday at 2 p. m. in the Adams chapel in charge of Rev. G. S. Nichols.

NOTES: This is a proofread version of an OCR conversion of the scan of the article in the Feb. 5^th, 1948 Ames Tribune.  The spelling and punctuation curiosities of the original have not been corrected, although hyphenated words have been merged.  These include (along with other notes)
1. avenue  not capitalized
2. The Sat. Jan 31, 1948, edition of the paper, on the same film, reports for Mary Greeley Hospital "Admitted yesterday Mrs. Louise Kelly, 211 Beech avenue." (sic – avenue not capitalized)
3. Ia.  Old abbreviation
4. she  not capitalized at start of sentence
5. Two different spellings of Kelly/Kelley in the one article. The former believed correct in all these cases.
6. 1939 Death date elsewhere given as 1936
7. According to wedding announcement found in Austin MN paper, she was married in Duluth MN after teaching in Two Harbors for two years after departing Austin MN teaching the for 5 years.

 In 2005, I traveled in the Midwest and visited several places related to Louise. These are documented on 2005sum.htm#AUSTINMN

While waiting for the Hormel House to open to follow up on an e-mail I got the weekend I left, I went to the Austin Library and asked for the microfilm for the Austin paper for March 1939.  Almost by chance, I asked if the 1906 paper was on microfilm, and it was.  Thus I got a funeral notice on Edward Kelly and a marriage announcement that had a lot more biographical information than I expected including the discovery that they were married in Duluth.   "The funeral of the Late Attorney Edward P. Kelly will be at St. Augustine's church tomorrow morning at 9:00 o'clock.  The body was brought from California where Mr. Kelly died of heart disease Monday at Los Angeles.  While Mr. Kelly knew about it and had taken treatment for heart trouble, he had kept the knowledge of his condition from his immediate family.  Those here to attend the funeral besides Mrs. Kelly are Matt Kelly of Mason City, Judge James Norris of the supreme bench of North Dakota, a partner of Mr. Kelly when was located at Carrington in that state, Mr. and Mrs. P.J.Maloney and sons John and Joseph of St. Paul, Miss Kathryn Kelly of St. Paul, Mrs. Elizabeth Nash of St. Paul, G.S.Newberry of Minneapolis, Mr. and Mrs. J.O.Minert of Waukon Iowa, Ella May Minert and Mrs. George Sharf of Ames, John M. Sharf of Washington D.C. and J.F.Maroney of Mason City. [Typed from larger original that is more readable 2008-10-14]

6/6/1906 WEDDINGS - MINERT-KELLY A quiet wedding took place in Duluth this morning when Edward P. Kelly and Miss Louise Minert were united in marriage by Rev. Father Smith. There were no relatives of either party present at the ceremony.  After a short lake trip, Mr. and Mrs. Kelly will go at once to house keeping at their home in Carrington, N.D.   The wedding is one in which Austin people are thoroughly interested.  The groom is an old Austin buy and he made his home among us until a year ago last May when he removed to Carrington, N.D.  He was successful in his work in Austin where is was a partner in the firm of French & Kelly, but he has met with even greater success in Dakota. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Kelly on Moscow Street.  The thoughts and good wishes of not only relatives but hosts of friends were with him on his wedding day. Austin also has her claim on the bride who for five years was a popular and successful teacher of drawing and music in our city schools. She left Austin two years ago to take up her work in Two Harbors Minnesota.  Austin friends have never forgotten her and when she has returned here upon brief visits she has always drawn about her a large circle of devoted friends Mr. and Mrs. Kelly will visit at the Kelly home in Austin  next august. [Typed from larger original that is more readable 2008-10-14]

Grave site in Waukon, IA.  Louise is nearest plaque on left. Big upright stone says Minert on this side and Arklay on other.

Paintings

MF #	These are paintings that the owners have allowed me to show on the internet.  The full list of paintings is below	.
1	The seashore picture at Firth home. This reproduction is from a slide taken for no good reason of the house just before a fire. So this image comes from photographing the slide and pruning a small portion of that image.
3	The French country side at Firth home - almost a ghost image. These images come from a slide image found of the house where the painting is in the shadows off to the side of brightly lighted chair. The color is the best I can make, adjusted to square and for tone.  The b&w reveals a few details, but it really helps to have seen the original.  I believe there is a road down left which curves in an S between the two rows of trees mid-left.  I recalled water mid right but it seems more likely to be fields. 2005-10-19
	Two paintings at  http://www.museums.iastate.edu/museumsSearch /FarmHouseSearch.asp  [Page Not working 2003-08,]  http://www.museums.iastate.edu/BrunnierFrames.htm has Collections and search yielding the same info, below.) no image shown yet.	Pencil sketch like b&w presentation at request of Iowa State in protection of their copyright. In president's home, seen straight ahead from main entry to home.
4	Accession Number: U99.13 Object Title: End of the Trail Date of Work: Unknown Artist: Kelly, Louise Minert Country: USA Description: Country scene. Oils in green, yellow, reds. There is a road in the center right front leading off in the distance over a hill. There are corn stalks and rolling fields of grain to left. A row of trees is on the lower right side of the road. In the center background is a red barn, a white house and several smaller farm buildings. There are trees and hills in the extreme background. White clouds with patches of blue showing through form the sky. There is a 3 1/2" wide wood frame, painted gold with shades of green overall. There is a brass plaque nailed to the center bottom of the frame with the following inscription: In Memory of Esther Gamble Liljidahl, presented by Laurence E. Liljedahl"
	Accession Number: UM82.109 Object Title: TRURO, CAPE COD Artist: Kelly, Louise Minert Date of Work: 20th century Medium: Oil [MF  The boat centered is red, the sea between the buildings right center is blue. The boat down right and the tallest building have a bright green while the bluff at left and the building at the right have a dark green.  The sky is a deeper blue than the sea with lots of white clouds that are not defined in the sketch.]	Pencil-sketch-like b&w presentation at request of Iowa State in protection of their copyright.  Found in office in McKay Hall, moved with department changes.
5	Description: Oil painting CAPE COD by Louise Minert Kelly, 30" x 36" .An Italian museum (?) http://www.comanducci.it/database/risultati.asp ?Ricerca=KELLY%20Louise%20Minert   2003-08-18 http://www.comanducci.it/english/risultati.asp ?ricerca=KELLY%20Louise%20Minert 2005-05-12 no image
	Auctioned on ebay 2002-09-03 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ?ViewItem&item=903144676At Here's a very interesting and colorful original painting by listed artist Louise Minert Kelly: Title: "Pacific Coast of Mexico" Signed "Louise Kelly" in the paint LL Oil on board 30 × 36 inches (76.2 × 91.44 cm) Painted to the edges Title in pencil on the verso Loss of paint along the right edge
35	Old Mexico John Toomey Gallery, Oak Park, Il   Louise Kelly (American, early 20th century), "Old Mexico", c. 1930; oil/canvas, 32" x 28", signed; titled on stretcher. Kelly worked in Provincetown, MA and in Minneapolis. She was a member of the Provincetown Art Association and the Chicago Gallery Association   US $1,500.00 - US $2,500.00 Lot number: 691 View all lots Auction Date: Mar-05-06 08:00:00 PST   Sold on 1 bid of $750 (starting bid) to liketobrowse Mar-05-06
31	Painting reported to me just as I was leaving on Minnesota trip from ad in town paper.  In Hormel House in Austin MN. Purchased by Woman's Club in 1938 following 1936 program by Louise Kelly for display in the House which was used for meetings and under the auspices of the YWCA.  Probably scene of northern Minnesota from trees and lake.
	1081. Louise Kelly (American, early 20th century), "A Day in August", c.1930; oil/canvas, 28" x 32", signed, titled, fine original frame. Kelly worked in Provincetown, MA and in Minneapolis. She was a member of the Provincetown Art Association and the Chicago Gallery Association. $1000-1500 http://www.treadwaygallery.com/9-11-12-99-sale/catalog/paintings/pg126.html Sold for $1600, Sept. 12, 1999
	According to the letter from Arlys Harmon in Carrington ND, this picture was donated by Louise Kelly to the high school in 1936 and it now hangs in the Putnam House, a historic property used as a cultural center and museum.  It is about 4' by 5'.  Called "Fall Harvest", it shows the hills outside Carrington 2004-01-11 A water color given by Louise to her in-laws in 1918 on their wedding is now owned by her daughter.  [MF Based on further research, I have deleted previous posted statements here about this being painted before 1920 and donated at her husband's death.]
	"Mexican Market"  Known from 2 examples, one labeled on back Artist:  Louise Kelly Title:  Mexican Market Number:  1434 A Treasure Art Product with a narrow gold frame, no signature. Denver CO and this one with a wide white frame repainted with the painting in it per small paint marks on paper backing and painting.  Brush strokes follow paint, reasonable signature (shown in another image) Ontario Canada
30	This is a picture I took of the illustration in the June issue of American Magazine of Art, page 344. "The Valley of the Lot— Espalion France" hung in the Spring Salon in Paris in 1928,  I went back to the April 1928 issue in the Dallas Library and found the following under Paris Notes, reading what I photographed, I found that the final comment was about the Winter Salon, so these comments are off base for Louise.  I did not find any direct comment in the June issue to explain why her image appeared there.   "The 29th annual exposition of the Artistes Independants -- the Salon which has no jury and gives no prizes -- is now on view in the Grand Palais, and is much better than usual, in fact one of the best the have ever had. There are, of course, more of the younger artists in the Independants than in the other Salons, as entrance is not difficult and the arrangement in alphabetical order shocks their pride less than that of painters who are already successful.   Among the 4,636 objects shown, landscapes apparently predominate, with a tendency rather toward photographic accuracy than masterly interpretation. Sabbagh's "Port de Ploumauach," with its granite cliffs, its calm haven and tragic sky, is a memorable picture , and there many others worth seeing more than once.   In the same huge palace, eleven rooms are filled with the generally admirable though not strikingly original productions of the Union des Femmes peintres et sculpteurs. The women artists do not cultivate cubism or the green nudes, or the frightening landscapes affected by many of the men of the late years. They are efficient and conservative.   The 23rd Salon d'Hiver is also open in the Grand Palais but offers nothing especially remarkable.  Union des Femmes peintres et sculpteurs     = Union of the Women painters and sculptors  Salon d'Hiver   = Show of Winter
	When I received copies of the newspaper clipping file on Louise Kelly from the Minneapolis Public Library, there were two photographs that showed three paintings.  I manipulated the tilted images to square them up and the results are below Painting she is working on in newspaper clipping photo  (squared*  note distorted hand & brush)
	Painting she is looking at (note fingers and brush at left edge) in photo in newspaper clipping (squared* )
	Painting hanging on wall in newspaper photo clipping (squared* )
24 25	Pair of paintings, late style in opinion of MF (squared* )
26	Water color, unknown size, probably New England (squared* )
27	Water color, probably New England scene, could be Midwest or France (squared* )
21	"A wonderful original watercolor Painting Signed LOUISE KELLY. This piece measures 25 1/2" x 21 1/2" in the frame. The actual painting is 20" x 14" on paper. On the back of the painting the title reads "DOCK SQUARE", "ROCKPORT CAPE ANN". The frame backing reads IRVINE PAINT & WALL PAPER STORE, 215 FIFTH ST. AMES IOWA. The painting is bright, and very colorful as shown. Signed in pencil lower left LOUISE KELLY. Really very nice! Dates to the 1930 period."  (squared* )
32	This picture and the next are held by a couple in Denver Colorado who found them at a yard sale for about $3.  They have since framed them.  They are water colors about 14x18" and my estimation is that they were painted in the early mid 30's (say 1932-1934) in New England during her trips to Provincetown.  I can't locate either specifically.
33	See above.
34	Indian Summer. Image posted to eBay, probably late 30's due to content and softer color application.
36	I received these pictures of a painting purchased five years ago in Ohio. From the content, visual aspect, and tentative signature, I judge it to be very early, probably one of the first ones painted on her educational tour of Europe in 1927. (Squared*)
37	I have received images of 5 Louise Kelly paintings held by the Maloney brothers in Minnesota, their grandparents being listed in the Edward.Kelly obituary as attending. The first painting (right) is identified with Corsica on a label and also a metal French dealers label, probably the framing company. 2008-10-14
38	This house could be a cousin to the one just above (36I)  (Squared*) 2008-10-14
39	This is the most surprising image as it is painted on cardboard and obviously oval.  In the largest image, the strokes are different - broader simpler - but I see a similar taste in colors.  I think it is probably from the period before her trip to Europe and may be from before they moved from Carrington. There is a chance it is from her brief stay in Chicago when she took a class at the Art Institute. 1898-99. 2008-10-14
40	(Squared*)  2008-10-14
41	(Squared*)  2008-10-14

* Squared - The painting was in a photograph viewed at an angle, so computer software was used to square up the sides and a judgment was made as to horizontal to vertical proportions to correct for foreshortening. Horizontal to vertical proportions approximate unless dimensions available for scaling.

[1] Denise TeghtmeyerWitte
"Mom did say that Grandpa (William
> Anderson Minert) had 4 of the paintings. Mother has
> one named "The Valley of Saint Croix", Mary Ellen has
> a seascape, and she couldn't remember what Ann had.
> There was also a Spanish Woman and mom does not know
> where that went upon Grandpa's death. "

[2] MF's Uncle Bill = William Anderson Minert father of Keo, Ann, & Mary Ellen

[3] Dawdy book below

Artist Reference Book Entries

Mantle Fielding's Dictionary American Painters, Sculptors et al

KELLY, LOUISE. (Mrs. Edward P. Kelly). Painter and lecturer. Born in Waukon, IA, June 14, 1879*. Pupil of Art Institute of Chicago; Penna. Academy of Fine Arts: George Elmer Browne. Member: American Federation of Arts; National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors; Chicago Galleries Association: Provincetown Art Association; Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts. Address in 1929, Apt. 902. Leamington Hotel. Minneapolis, MN; summer, Provincetown. MA.

* MF this is error as every other reference says or implies 1876.  Only entry with a specific day of month.

Who Was Who in American Art

KELLY, Louise Minert (Mrs. Edward P.) [Painter, lecturer] b.1879*, Waukon, LA.

Addresses: Minneapolis, MN/Provincetown, MA. Studied: AIC; PAFA; Lester Stevens, Rockport, MA; Leonard Richmond, London; George Elmer Browne, New York-Paris; Italy. Member: AFA; Chicago Gal. Art; Provincetown AA; Rockport AA; Minneapolis SGA; Nat. Lg. Am. Pen Women. Exhibited: Spring Salon, Paris; Nat. Lg. Am. Pen Women, Chicago, 1933 (prize), 1934; Washington, DC, 1934 (first prize). Work: Home Economics Hall, Iowa State College. Sources: WW4O; Ness & Orwig, Iowa Artists of the First Hundred Years, 122; Artists of the Rockport Art Association (1946); Petteys, Dictionary of Women Artists.

* MF this is error as every other reference says or implies 1876.

Dawdy - Artists of the American West

Kelly, Louise Minert (1879*—

B. Waukon, Iowa. Work: Foster County (North Dakota) Historical Museum. AAA 1929-1933 (Minneapolis. Minnesota; summer, Provincetown. Massachusetts); Benezit; Havlice; Mallett; WWAA 1936—1941 (Minneapolis; summer, Provincetown); Ness and Orwig, 1939; Barr, 1954; Robinson, 1966; Agnes Olson, North Dakota Retired Teachers’ Association; NMAA-NPG Library, Smithsonian Institution. [MF-These last entries may be notes or books that mention her, NDRTA has no paintings, and NMAA-NPG shows no returns on search]

Kelly was active in Carrington, North Dakota, from 1905 to 1918, with time out for travel to Europe. A water color called "Scene in Holland" is dated 1914. She continued her travels for two more decades—England in 1934, and various trips to Carmel and Laguna Beach, California.**

By the late twenties Kelly was a recognized landscape painter. "The Valley of the Lot— Espalion France" hung in the Spring Salon in Paris in 1928, and is reproduced in the June issue of American Magazine of Art, page 344. Artist Paul Barr wrote that her oils and water colors "are notable for their excellent composition, their brilliant coloring, and their fidelity to nature."

* MF this is error as every other reference says or implies 1876.
** MF-This information is very likely in error.  Careful inspection of the 1914 newspapers in Carrington, which contain lots of social bits about her make it clear that she was in the area all year and never went to Europe and for almost half of that year Europe was at war. The information following - apparently the high point of her career - is, according to an article in the newspaper, the beginning, as she says women should take up new activities in middle age - she was 50 in 1926.  I will be looking at newspapers from Minneapolis in the 20's and 30's when I can.

Entries
2001 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference And Price Guide
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary American Painters, Sculptors et al
1985 Dawdy, Doris Artists of the American West A Biographical Dictionary (3 vols)
1982 Opitz, Glenn Dictionary of American Artists
1948 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Index of Artists International Biographical (2 Vols)

Mike Firth wrote:

  I am watching the British version of Antiques Roadshow and decided to take my wireless earphones to the computer and look up Louise Kelly Painter  found this http://askart.com/artist/K/louise_minert_kelly.asp a link from this page shows 3 auctions, but it costs $9.50 a day or $19.50 a month to see the numbers Below is the listing of books that mention her is copied below. 
Mike Firth  

Your search returned 6 books for this artist.

Year Author Title SubTitle # Pages Color 2001 AskART.com The Artists Bluebook:  24,000 North American Artists 332 No 2001 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference And Price Guide 2047 No 1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary American Painters, Sculptors et al 1081 No 1985 Dawdy, Doris Artists of the American West A Biographical Dictionary (3 vols) 1184 No 1982 Opitz, Glenn Dictionary of American Artists 372 No 1948 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Index of Artists International Biographical (2 Vols) 811 No

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