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Thalia Westcott Malcolm (B. Sept. 10, 1885, NYC - D. Jan. 30, 1963, Paris).

This gouache on paper is a "Garoupe Beach scene with Figures" 
near Nice France, 1933
 The tag from the back of the picture is from the original framer:  
S. Franco, 19 Rue Pastorelli, Nice, France.

Thalia Westcott Malcolm - aka - Mrs. Donald Malcolm was born in NYC on September 10, 1885.  Ms. Malcolm like all great society ladies had several birth years:  The French artist register, Benezit says she was born in 1885; Who Was Who in American Art gives her a birth year of 1888, and AskArt (Thalia Westcott) gives her a birth year of 1877.  Additionally, she used several notable addresses in locations such as:  New York City, Paris and Vence France.  Vence is near Nice. There is a reference to Ms. Malcolm in the book:  The Education of a Gardener by Russell Page.  Mr. Page discusses her outdoor patio/garden in Vence France.  Malcolm was part of the rich and elite of New York City society.  It is clear that if Ms. Malcolm was alive today, she would know the “Kardashians.”   
She studied with Randall Davey in New York and Albert Andre in France, and she was active in numerous art societies, including:  New York Watercolor club, the Society of Independent Artists, Federation of the Arts, and American Artists Professional League.  She exhibited at Durand Ruel in New York City 1926, 1937, 1941 and Wildenstein’s in London.  There is also documentation that in her early years she had an exhibit at Milch and Macbeth (both NYC galleries).    

This gouache on paper is a Garoupe Beach scene with figures near Nice France, 1933.  Signed and dated on the lower right corner.  Image size is approximately 14 X 11 inches.  I have removed the picture from the original frame but kept the tag from the back.  The tag from the back of the picture is from the original framer:  S. Franco, 19 Rue Pastorelli, Nice, France.  Her address in 1933 was:  Rue De L’Universite, Paris, France.

Information on Malcolm can be found in the following:  Benezit, Fielding, Who Was Who in American Art (1940) and New York Times.  Please note that AskArt lists her place of birth in New Jersey and that Fieldings,and  WWWAA state her birth place as NYC.
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