Frances C. Lyons Houston was born in Hudson, Michigan in 1851. As a young woman she studied in Paris at the Academie Julian with Jean-Leon Gerome, Gustave Boulanger and Jules-Joseph Lefebvre. Upon... Read full biography
Frances C. Lyons Houston was born in Hudson, Michigan in 1851. As a young woman she studied in Paris at the Academie Julian with Jean-Leon Gerome, Gustave Boulanger and Jules-Joseph Lefebvre. Upon her return to America in 1874 she married William C. Houston. Mrs. Houston, primarily a portrait... Read full biography
Frances C. Lyons Houston was born in Hudson, Michigan in 1851. As a young woman she studied in Paris at the Academie Julian with Jean-Leon Gerome, Gustave Boulanger and Jules-Joseph Lefebvre. Upon her return to America in 1874 she married William C. Houston. Mrs. Houston, primarily a portrait painter, continued to exhibit her work, and she enjoyed favorable reviews in the United States and abroad and received many honors for her paintings. Her obituary in a Boston newspaper stated, "She was an... Read full biography
Frances C. Lyons Houston was born in Hudson, Michigan in 1851. As a young woman she studied in Paris at the Academie Julian with Jean-Leon Gerome, Gustave Boulanger and Jules-Joseph Lefebvre. Upon her return to America in 1874 she married William C. Houston. Mrs. Houston, primarily a portrait painter, continued to exhibit her work, and she enjoyed favorable reviews in the United States and abroad and received many honors for her paintings. Her obituary in a Boston newspaper stated, "She was an artist of immense range; her portraits show a rare strength and feeling for character" She was awarded bronze medals at both the Georgia International Exhibition of 1895 and the 1901 Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo. She also was awarded a medal at... Read full biography
Frances C. Lyons Houston was born in Hudson, Michigan in 1851. As a young woman she studied in Paris at the Academie Julian with Jean-Leon Gerome, Gustave Boulanger and Jules-Joseph Lefebvre. Upon her return to America in 1874 she married William C. Houston. Mrs. Houston, primarily a portrait painter, continued to exhibit her work, and she enjoyed favorable reviews in the United States and abroad and received many honors for her paintings. Her obituary in a Boston newspaper stated, "She was an artist of immense range; her portraits show a rare strength and feeling for character" She was awarded bronze medals at both the Georgia International Exhibition of 1895 and the 1901 Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo. She also was awarded a medal at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis in 1904. Mrs. Houston was a member of both the Boston and New York watercolor societies. For he... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (20)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
The Women of the Cornish Colony, Part II
2002
Gilbert, Alma
38 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Cornish Colony: One Hundred Year Celebration Exhibit (Exhibition catalog)
1998
Gilbert, Alma; James Atkinson
52 pages
Footprints of the Past: Images of Cornish, New Hampshire
1996
Colby, Virginia Reed; James B. Atkinson
526 pages
American Art Colonies 1850-1930 A Guide to Original Art Colonies and Their Artists
1996
Shipp, Steve
159 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings
622 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
American Art at the Nineteenth Century Paris Salons
1990
Fink, Lois Marie; Albert Boime, Forward; Elizabeth Broun, Preface
430 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings
612 pages
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
A Circle of Friends Art Colonies of Cornish and Dublin (Exhibition catalog)
1985
New Hampshire, U of
138 pages (color)
Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900
1985
Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie
851 pages
Women Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to Present
1973
Collins, Jim L.
426 pages
Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set) (Exhibition catalog)
1973
Naylor, Maria
1,075 pages
Biographical Sketches of American Artists
1972
Earle, Helen L
370 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935
Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge
1,130 pages
Official Catalogue of Exhibitors Department B, Art (Exhibition catalog)