Helen Louise Beccard Niles

Helen Louise Beccard Niles (November 12, 1903 – May 14, 1994) was an American painter and printmaker. Her work was exhibited at the 1939 New York World’s Fair, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and regional galleries in St. Louis, Washington, D.C., and California. She received prizes from numerous art associations with which she was associated including the Oakland Art Association, and her prints and paintings entered public collections, including the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and the Baltimore Museum of Art. She produced works ranging from realist depictions of working-class life to later explorations of abstraction, color, and form.