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|  Minnie Lois Murphy was born February 8, 1901 in Lyons, Kansas. She earned a BS from Columbia Univ. Studied at the Art Students League and was a pupil of Boardman Robinson, Kimon Nicolaides, and George Grosz. By the late 1930s she was spending summers in Glendale, CA. Lived in Brooklyn, NY in 1953. She died in 1962.
Exhibitions: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1927, 1928, 1934; Society of Independent Artists, 1929; Art Institute of Chicago, 1930, 1931; Minneapolis Art Institute, 1930; Provincetown Art Assoc., 1930; Brooklyn Museum, 1931; Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, 1932; Riverside (CA) Museum, 1934, 1935, 1937; Wichita Art Assoc.1936; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1937; Northwest Printmakers, 1937; World's Fair, New York, 1939; Museum of Modern Art, 1936; Herron Art Institute, 1943; and many more.
Awards: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1927; Wichita Art Assoc., 1932.
Collections: Whitney Museum of American Art; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Brooklyn
Public Library.
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SOURCES:
Susan Craig, "Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945)"
Who’s Who in American Art. New York: American Federation of Arts, 1936-1953; AskART, www.askart.com, accessed Dec. 23, 2007. | | This and over 1,750 other biographies can be found in Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945) compiled by Susan V. Craig, Art & Architecture Librarian at University of Kansas. |
This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  Born in Lyons, KS on Feb. 8, 1901. While based in Brooklyn Murphy studied at the ASL of NYC and with Hans Hofmann and Grosz. By the late 1930s she was spending summers in Glendale, CA. Exh: PAFA, 1927 (gold medal), 1928, 1934; AIC, 1930; Society of Independent Artists, 1929; Minneapolis Art Institute, 1930; Provincetown AA, 1930; Phillips Academy (Andover, MA), 1932; Riverside Museum, 1934, 1935, 1937; Wichita AA, 1936 (1st prize); LACMA, 1937; NW PM, 1937; NY World's Fair, 1939; Herron Art Institute, 1943; MOMA, 1936. In: Brooklyn High Schools; Queensboro Public Library; Whitney Museum; Hunter College (NY). | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
American Art Annual 1930; Who's Who in American Art 1936-53. | | Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here. |
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