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October 5, 1873
Louis Betts was born in Little Rock (Pulaski County). Betts was a painter active in the first half of the twentieth century in the United States, especially noted for his portraits. The subjects he chose and his skill with handling paint gave his work a grand and conservative quality, recalling Old Master paintings from the Baroque era as well as styles popular in late-nineteenth-century European art centers.