Born Lyons, Apr. 15, 1894; died St. Louis, MO, April, 1969. Painter. Sculptor. Printmaker. Studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Art Students' League in New York, the Grande Chaumiere in Paris, and at Kalamazoo College, MI. She was a pupil of Martha Walter & C.W. Hawthorne. Lived in Chicago in 1917 and in Clayton, MO from 1925-41 while spending her summers in Colorado. Created woodcuts for the St. Louis Post Dispatch newspaper from 1923-24 and for Harry Burke's 1924 book, From Day's Journey.

SOURCES:
Susan Craig, "Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945)"
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); Reinbach, Edna, comp. “Kansas Art and Artists”, in Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society. v. 17, 1928. p. 571-585., Edna, comp. “Kansas Art and Artists”, in Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society. v. 17, 1928. p. 571-585.; American Art Annual. New York: American Federation of Arts, 1898-1947 14, 20, 22, 24, 26, 27; 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. 1, 6, 7; Collins, Jim, and Glenn B. Opitz, eds. Women Artists in America: 18th Century to the Present (1790-1980). Rev. and enl. ed. Poughkeepsie, N.Y.: Apollo, 1980.; 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.) 1922;

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