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Minga Pope Duryea
Minga Pope Duryea

Minga Pope Duryea

American, 1868 - 1957
BiographyMinga Pope Duryea was an artist, sculptor, and author. Born in New York City, she studied painting in Paris and Rome. She married Robert H. Patchin, a vice president of W. R. Grace & Co. Her brother was John Russell Pope (d. 1937), an internationally known architect.

Minga Duryea Patchin was known particularly for her portraits. During the early 1930s, she designed a series of ornamental plates on fine china. They bore historical scenes of New York and other American cities. Minga Duryea Patchin died in 1957 in Central Valley, New York. She was 89.
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