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Angele Hamendt Watson was born in either 1886 or 1887 in Saint-Nicolas, Belgium. Before settling in New York City, Watson traveled through Europe and North America studying painting under several of her contemporaries. In Brussels, Watson worked with still life painter Alice Ronner. Watson continued her formal studies in London, where she met and married Benjamin Phillip Watson, a native Scotsman and celebrated obstetrician. While studying Slade School of Fine Arts, became portraitist William Orpen’s private student. The Angele and Benjamin Watsons then moved to Toronto, where Angele worked with Canadian painters. Finally, in 1926, Angele Watson and her family settled in New York City, where she continued producing portraits and still life paintings. Watson saw critical acclaim in the 1920’s and 30’s, eventually featuring in solo exhibitions at the Babcock Gallery,  Arden Gallery and Marie Sterner Gallery in the 1930’s. Mrs. Watson has a noted interest in African American families and life in the South, including Negro Family, a painting now held at Allen Memorial Art Museum’s collection in Oberlin, OH.