About Ethel (Currie) Magafan

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Ethel Currie
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    Ethel Currie Magafan was born August 10, 1916 in Chicago and died April 24, 1993 per obit in the New York Times, April 29, 1993, per Wikipedia; “The husband and wife team of Bruce Currie and Ethel Magafan are currently exhibiting at the Joseloff Gallery at the Hartford Art School, through November 27…Ethel Magafan studied at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center.

    She utilizes large bold shapes to create a feeling that expresses the vitality of nature. The predominance of violet lends a cool serenity to the themes.” UH News, Liberated Press, November 20, 1968, p. 9; there is an oral history interview with her at the Archives of American Art, S...

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