Florence Aimee Francis Snell Bishop (1850-1946)

Also known as Florence Francis Snell

Florence Francis Snell Bishop was born in England in 1852. She and her husband, Henry B. Snell were important figures in the establishment of the New Hope Art Colony.

She studied at the Art Students League in New York from 1882 until 1883, and then again from 1885 until 1886.

She married Henry B. Snell, a close friend of William L. Lathrop, and the couple began to make frequent visits to Lathrop's home in New Hope, Bucks County. In 1926 the Snells moved from New York to New Hope permanently, occupying the top floor of the Solebury Bank building on Main Street. Her paintings were frequently exhibited in local and national venues, including the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the National Academy of Design. In 1913, she won the McMillan landscape prize from the Association of Women Painters and Sculptors in New York. She was represented at the Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Fransisco in 1915, with four paintings.