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1903 Chicago, Illinois - 1974 Navasota, Texas. Known for: Easel and mural painting, enameling, teaching.
Ethel Spears was born October 5, 1902 and raised in Chicago, IL. She attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and studied in the textile design department. She had her first solo... Read full biography
Ethel Spears was born October 5, 1902 and raised in Chicago, IL. She attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and studied in the textile design department. She had her first solo exhibition at the School in 1923. She decided not to pursue a career in textile design and re-enrolled in the... Read full biography
Ethel Spears was born October 5, 1902 and raised in Chicago, IL. She attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and studied in the textile design department. She had her first solo exhibition at the School in 1923. She decided not to pursue a career in textile design and re-enrolled in the AIC School. Under the supervision of one of her teachers, John Norton, a noted Modernist, Spears did two mural commissions for the Tea Room of the Art Institute. In the mid 1920s, she moved to... Read full biography
Ethel Spears was born October 5, 1902 and raised in Chicago, IL. She attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and studied in the textile design department. She had her first solo exhibition at the School in 1923. She decided not to pursue a career in textile design and re-enrolled in the AIC School. Under the supervision of one of her teachers, John Norton, a noted Modernist, Spears did two mural commissions for the Tea Room of the Art Institute. In the mid 1920s, she moved to Woodstock, NY to study under Alexander Archipenko. She left Woodstock and took up residence in New York City where she attended classes at the Art Students League. By 1930, Spears was back in Chicago after a brief stay in Paris. She was active in the 1930s... Read full biography
Ethel Spears was born October 5, 1902 and raised in Chicago, IL. She attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and studied in the textile design department. She had her first solo exhibition at the School in 1923. She decided not to pursue a career in textile design and re-enrolled in the AIC School. Under the supervision of one of her teachers, John Norton, a noted Modernist, Spears did two mural commissions for the Tea Room of the Art Institute. In the mid 1920s, she moved to Woodstock, NY to study under Alexander Archipenko. She left Woodstock and took up residence in New York City where she attended classes at the Art Students League. By 1930, Spears was back in Chicago after a brief stay in Paris. She was active in the 1930s as a WPA artist. She was registered in the Illinois Federal Art Project. In 1937, Spears became an instructor at the School of the Art... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesUnion League Club of Chicago Art Collection
2003Richter, Marianne; Wendy Greenhouse (Essays)308 pages (color)A Guide to Chicago's Murals
2001Gray, Mary Lachritz; F Schulze488 pages (color)Ethel Spears: (1903-1974) paintings from the 1920s and 1930s
2001
(Exhibition catalog)McCormick, Thomas5 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesWoman Painters of the American West
1995Landauer, Susan; Becky Reese0 pagesIndependent Spirits: Women Painters of the American West 1890-1945
1995
(Exhibition catalog)Trenton, Patricia (Editor); Sandra E'Emilio, Erika Doss (et all)304 pages (color)The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)1,117 pagesThe Old Guard and Avant-Garde Modernism in Chicago 1910-1940
1990Prince, Sue Ann304 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)707 pagesThe Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944
1984
(Exhibition catalog)Marlor, Clark S600 pagesWomen Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to Present
1973Collins, Jim L.426 pagesCatalogue: Annual Exhibition John H. Vanderpoel Art Association (By Contributors to the Collection)
1940
(Exhibition catalog)Klug, William L (Introductory Essay)64 pagesFrontiers of American Art: Works Progress Administration
1939
(Exhibition catalog)Parker, Thomas (De Young Mus)111 pagesMallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge1,130 pages