[1] was born in New York City,[2] She enjoyed a comfortable childhood until her father's death in 1906, whereupon the family moved to New Hampshire for a time.
[1] Among her instructors were George Bridgman, F. Luis Mora, Albert Sterner, and Cecilia Beaux,[2] with whom she would go on to develop a close relationship.
[3] In 1925, she met William Harold Blake, whom she married on March 26, 1927; she gave up her career painting portraits on her marriage.
William Blake headed the English Department of the Horace Mann School, and this allowed his wife to find opportunities for involvement at Columbia University and other organizations of the surrounding community; she continued to be active as a volunteer until the mid-1970s, when her age forced her to curtail her activities.
Blake was a member during her career of the American Federation of Arts, the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors, and the Tiffany Foundation.