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Submission declined on 26 January 2026 by Hoary (talk). This draft is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Wikipedia's verifiability policy requires that all content be supported by reliable sources. Reliable sources include: reputable newspapers, magazines, academic journals, and books from respected publishers. Unacceptable sources include: personal blogs, social media, predatory publishers, most tabloids, and websites where anyone can contribute. Replace any unreliable sources with high-quality sources. If you cannot find a reliable source for the material, it should be removed. Declined by Hoary 4 months ago.

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• Comment: Still needs fixing. Please include the best three sources per the previous comment. Nighfidelity (talk) 13:34, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

• Comment: Frank Carew, the draft tells us, worked primarily in watercolor, focusing on portraiture, and was an exhibiting member of the Salmagundi Club in New York from 1908 to 1921. This comes with a reference: viz Carew, Salmagundi, issue=37, July 7, 2025, https://archive.org/details/salmagundi19141915/page/n37/mode/2up?q=Carew. What this links to is Salmagundi Club Constitution, By-Laws Officers & Members, dated 1914–15

• Comment: Lucygbuchanan, this draft has some very dubious references. But let's put these aside for now and instead look at the best references: those that in your opinion are the best three. Each of the three should be (i) in-depth (not just a passing mention of Carew, or Carew as a list item) and (ii) reliable and (iii) secondary and (iv) independent of Carew (not written by a friend of hers, a dealer of her work, etc). Which three would you nominate as the best?
  Perhaps unfortunately, this review system isn't designed to help the draft-creator respond atop the draft. Please don't attempt to do so; instead, please respond at Draft talk:Berta Carew. I look forward to reading it there. Hoary (talk) 22:20, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

• Comment: The first reference that I was able to check without rising from my chair was for the assertion Her father, Frank Bliss Coleman, was a toolmaker and master mechanic at the Okonite Company, one of the oldest engineering firms in the United States. The reference is to a short newspaper article* titled "Has Had No Asthma For Two Years Now". This I read. It has no mention of (i) a daughter (or indeed anything about the family of "Frank Coleman"); (ii) being a toolmaker or master mechanic (or indeed anything about Coleman's trade or employment); (iii) Okonite; (iv) the middle name "Bliss".
  * More likely an "advertorial" at best. As it reads like an advert and ends "—Adv.", it appears to be merely an advert paid for by the Nacor Medicine Co.
  Should GraziePrego have written the reviewer comment below in bold or in CAPS? Hoary (talk) 04:37, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

• Comment: Still filled with inaccessible and archival sources, as well as likely LLM hallucinations. Wikipedia articles should be based on reliable, published sources — it's fine if these sources are offline, but they can't be archival materials that haven't been published. MCE89 (talk) 06:56, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

• Comment: Quote: "She is remembered as a successful and prolific miniature artist, praised for both her technical talent and leadership within major art societies on both coasts of the United States."
  Who remembers her, and where do they write this up?
  (For a still-remembered-even-now artist, the sources cited for her seem musty and obscure.)
  That aside, please read, digest, and implement Help:Footnotes#WP:NAMEDREFS. Hoary (talk) 07:24, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

• Comment: As a spot check:
  "Around 1914, Berta and Frank moved to a property called "Red Acres" in Pine Forge, Berks County, Pennsylvania, though they maintained an apartment in New York City.[11]"
  Source 11 makes no mention of any of these things at all. Strongly believe this is AI hallucinating, and so I am extremely hesitant to believe anything sourced to inaccessible sources. GraziePrego (talk) 14:16, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

• Comment: This article contains hallucinated LLM Contents and the sources do not support what they are referenced for. Some paragraphs are even unsourced. Cameremote (talk) @gonisulaimann 02:45, 16 July 2025 (UTC)

• Comment: URLs should be linked, not displayed. The easiest way for me to fix displayed URLs was to use {{cite web}} and {{cite news}}, but I didn't bother to click through to find the missing titles, so please change "title missing" to the actual title. —Anomalocaris (talk) 04:59, 14 July 2025 (UTC)

Berta Carew (1878–1956) was an American artist and miniature painter. She produced over seventy-five known works, fifty-four of which have documented exhibition histories. She was a prominent member of the Pennsylvania Society of Miniature Painters and the California Society of Miniature Painters, serving in leadership roles in both organizations.

Her miniatures mostly consist of portraits of upper-middle-class Americans, often created posthumously as memorials using photographs. Another major category of her miniatures includes travel-inspired subjects, such as North African street scenes and portraits that explore foreign costumes and dress. The Philadelphia Museum of Art holds the largest collection of her work, with twenty-nine pieces.

Berta Lillian Coleman was born on March 12, 1878, in Springfield, Massachusetts, to Frank and Laura Coleman.^[1] Little is known about Carew's childhood, but census records indicate that she suffered from "congestion of the brain" as a child. It is unclear whether these symptoms had any long-term effects later in her life.^[2]

Berta studied with several notable artists in New York, including Edwin Blashfield, Harry Siddons Mowbray, and William Merritt Chase.^[3]

In 1896, at the age of eighteen, Berta and her mother Laura began traveling abroad, most likely to further her artistic training. While overseas, she studied at the Bellarti School in Italy under Onorato Carlandi and Sig. Petiti in Rome.^[3] She also studied with Madame Hortense Richard in Paris, though it is unknown whether this took place at the Académie Julian, where Richard had studied, or through private lessons.^[3]

In 1902, Berta Coleman married Frank Carew in New York City.^[4] Frank was also an artist and studied at the Académie Julian in Paris and took lessons from William Bouguereau.^[5] He worked primarily in watercolor, focusing on portraiture, and was an exhibiting member of the Salmagundi Club in New York from 1908 to 1921.^[6] Together they lived at the Tenth Street Studio Building a popular residence and studio space for New York City artists.^[7]

In 1907, Berta began exhibiting with the Pennsylvania Society of Miniature Painters (PSMP), a major East Coast organization dedicated to the medium.^[8] Her early exhibited works were mostly portraiture, relatively simple in subject. However, after taking four consecutive trips to Europe and North Africa between 1909 and 1913, her work shifted. Influenced by these travels, she began painting landscape miniatures in a distinctly impressionistic style, marked by pastel color palettes and pronounced brushwork.

It appears Carew worked exclusively in miniature painting. Only two known works fall outside that format: two standard-sized watercolors titled Pennsylvania Farms, exhibited in 1914.^[9] Her early works are defined by painterly, loose brushstrokes; over time, her portraits became both energetic and photographic in quality. Her miniatures include busts, half-length, and three-quarter-length portraits, and appear in oval, rectangular, and circular formats.

In 1916, she became an official member of the PSMP. Her exhibition record with the society grew steadily, and she later served in leadership roles, including on the Hanging Committee, the Jury of Selection, and as chairman of the executive committee. While exhibiting at the PSMP, Berta's work is highlighted by the Philadelphia Inquirer and the New York Times.^[10][11]

In 1919, Carew was recognized by the National Archives as an American artist who "contributed to the success of the Great War with their talent".^[12] While her specific contributions are unknown, she is listed alongside artists known for war posters, political cartoons, and portraits of public figures.

In the early 1930s Berta and Frank Carew moved to Los Angeles California. Berta joined the California Society of Miniature Painters but maintained her ties to the PSMP and continued to exhibit with both societies.^[13] Berta served in several leadership roles within the CSMP including: President and vice-president. She also received the honors of a lifetime membership to the society.^[14]

In 1934, she received a Bronze Medal of Honor from the PSMP for her miniature portrait of Mrs. Philip Barton Warren—a prestigious award that marked a milestone in her artistic career and affirmed her continued prominence within the society.^[14]

In 1950, Berta was included in a major exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrating the 50th anniversary of the American Society of Miniature Painters. Her portrait Mary Katherine Kerwin (c. 1936) was featured.^[15]

Berta Carew passed away in April 1956 at the age of 78. Just two weeks later, her husband Frank also passed away.^[16] In 1958, the couple's possessions, including Berta's remaining collection of miniature portraits on ivory, were sold in a large estate sale.^[17] She is remembered as a successful and prolific miniature artist, praised for both her technical talent and leadership within major art societies on both coasts of the United States.