| Alice Kindler | |
| Birth Name: | Alice Riddle |
| Birth Date: | 3 October 1892 |
| Birth Place: | Germantown, Pennsylvania |
| Death Date: | 1980 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Other Names: | Alice L. Riddle Kindler, Mrs. Hans Kindler |
| Occupation: | artist, muralist, lithographer, teacher |
Alice L. Riddle Kindler (October 3, 1892 — 1980) was an American painter and teacher born in Germantown, Pennsylvania.
Alice Riddle studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women[1] After completing her studies, she won a trip to study in Europe for the summer and studied briefly at the Academie Julian in Paris. When she returned, Riddle entered and won a contest in 1915 to complete the murals for West Philadelphia High School.[2] Two years later, Riddle won a prize from Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney for the "Friends of Young Artists' Exhibition" held in New York City. In addition to winning the cash prize,[3] she decorated a theater lobby as part of her award.[4]
Riddle married Hans Kindler in 1920 and soon after the marriage the couple moved to Senlis, France.[5] For almost a decade Kindler did not paint, as she was raising her three children.
In 1929 her address was listed as being in Chantilly, France,[1] and in 1939 the couple were living in Baltimore, Maryland[6] Her husband was a cellist and conductor. She taught art at St. Timothy's School in Catonsville, Maryland.[7] In 1939 Kindler was commissioned by the WPA to complete a mural for the post office in Ware Shoals, South Carolina. The WPA was the largest and most ambitious American New Deal agency, employing individuals to carry out public works projects.[8] The finished product mural was completed in 1940 and titled, American Landscape.[9] In 1959 Alice moved back to Senlis where she painted continually until 1975. Kindler died in London in 1980.