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| Born Norton, Sept. 18, 1905; died Lubbock, TX, Feb. 1974. Painter, specialized in landscape. Teacher. Etcher. Lived in Manhattan in 1931, and later moved to Lubbock, TX. Pupil of John Helm Jr. while in Manhattan. Asst. to Director of the Nelson Galley in Kansas City, 1934. | Source: AWARDS: Bronze Medal for Watercolor in the Midwestern Artists’ Exhibition, 1932.
MEMBERSHIPS: Society of Independent Artist; Prairie Water Color Painters.
SOURCES: Susan Craig, "Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945)" Who’s Who in American Art. New York: American Federation of Arts, 1936- v.1=1936-37 v.3= 1941-42 v.2=1938-39 v.4=1940-47. 1901-1903; Sain, Lydia. Kansas Artists, compiled by Lydia Sain from 1932 to 1948. Typed Manuscript, 1948.; Newlin, Gertrude Dix (Development of Art in Kansas. Typed Manuscript, 1951); Kansas Magazine.; Midwestern Artists’ Exhibition (Kansas City: Kansas City Art Institute, 1920-1942 Mines, Cynthia. For the Sake of Art: The Story of an Art Movement in Kansas. s.l. Mines, 1979.) 1932, 1933, 1935; Sandzén files; AskArt, | | 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. |
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