Birgitta Kathleen Moran Farmer (May 23, 1881 – January 17, 1939)[1] was an American artist particularly known for her portrait miniatures.
[2] She attended Lyons Public School and graduated from the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Rochester, New York.
[2] A graduate of the College of Fine Arts of Syracuse University and a member of Gamma Phi Beta's Alpha Chapter, she won the 1906 Hiram Gee Award in Painting at commencement.
[10] Her portraits of Briget Amelia Moran[12] (nee Fitzpatrick) titled "Mother" and of Anna V. Dunn titled "Mrs. Hugh Edward McSloy"[12] were exhibited at the 1921 Annual Water Colors and Miniature Exhibitions of The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
[13][12] Her portrait of her daughter "Anne"[12] was included in the 1933 Chicago World's Fair Century of Progress "Exhibition of Miniature Paintings by Living Artists",[14] The Metropolitan Museum of Art "Four Centuries of Miniature Painting",[15] and the Smithsonian American Art Museum National Collection of Fine Arts.