Florence Nightingale Levy

Florence Nightingale Levy (August 13, 1870, in New York City – November 15, 1947, in New York City)[1] was an American arts administrator notable for founding of the publication American Art Annual in 1898.

She received a private school education during her childhood and adolescence, and she eventually enrolled in New York's National Academy of Design to study painting.

Between 1894 and 1895 Levy studied Italian masters at École du Louvre under Gaston Lafenestre, who was then curator of paintings at the museum.

In 1909, she was one of the founders of the American Federation of Arts, and one of two female members in the male-dominated organization.

Her notes are used as a source for the Benezit Dictionary of Artists, often being quoted as Florence N. Levy.