Emily Farnham - Artist Info

About Emily Farnham

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    The following, submitted May 2004 by Jim Keefe, is excerpted from the obituary of the artist from McHoul Funeral Home in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

    EMILY FARNHAM
    Artist, author, professor

    PROVINCETOWN, Mass. - Dr. Emily Farnham of Provincetown, Mass died Wednesday, May 5, 2004 at the Cape End Manor after an illness. She was 91.

    Born in Kent, Ohio she studied at Cleveland School of Art and earned her MA and PhD degrees at Ohio State University. She studied with Hans Hofmann in Provincetown and New York. Dr. Farnham has stated the "Hofmann had the greatest influence on her life." In 1980, Dr. Farnham moved to Provincetown, after a prominent career as a university professor, artist and author. She had a studio-apartm...

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