Betty Warren

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Betty Warren (B.January 6, 1920 -D.November 8, 1993) was a portrait artist, born in New York City.

Betty Warren, known for her bright colorist portraits was one of the top paid female portraitists of the 20th century. Her last formal portrait was of Governor Hugh Carrey for the State of New York in 1991. Warren was the daughter of Illustrator Jack A. Warren, the co-creator of Pecos Bill. Betty Warren was the youngest woman in US History to be given a solo exhibit at a major US Museum (Berkshire Museum 1940). She was twenty years old.

During her life she was married to Stuart Lancaster (actor) and they had two children, Michael Dean Lancaster and John Warren Lancaster.