A painter and teacher, Kathryne Hail Travis was born in Ozark, AR on Feb. 6, 1894. Hail studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, Cincinnati Art Academy, and with George... Read full biography
A painter and teacher, Kathryne Hail Travis was born in Ozark, AR on Feb. 6, 1894. Hail studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, Cincinnati Art Academy, and with George Bellows and Robert Henri. After her marriage to artist Olin Travis in 1916, the couple founded the... Read full biography
A painter and teacher, Kathryne Hail Travis was born in Ozark, AR on Feb. 6, 1894. Hail studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, Cincinnati Art Academy, and with George Bellows and Robert Henri. After her marriage to artist Olin Travis in 1916, the couple founded the Dallas Art Institute in 1925 and Summer School in the Ozarks. A divorcée, in 1936 she moved to Hollywood, California where she lived for ten years. She then maintained a studio in Seattle and, while... Read full biography
A painter and teacher, Kathryne Hail Travis was born in Ozark, AR on Feb. 6, 1894. Hail studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, Cincinnati Art Academy, and with George Bellows and Robert Henri. After her marriage to artist Olin Travis in 1916, the couple founded the Dallas Art Institute in 1925 and Summer School in the Ozarks. A divorcée, in 1936 she moved to Hollywood, California where she lived for ten years. She then maintained a studio in Seattle and, while there, worked in the Cascades, Olympic Mountains, and Alaska. Returning to Dallas in 1952, she opened a studio and operated a summer school in Ruidoso, NM. She died there on Jan. 10, 1972. Primarily a portraitist, she also painted still lifes and... Read full biography
A painter and teacher, Kathryne Hail Travis was born in Ozark, AR on Feb. 6, 1894. Hail studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, Cincinnati Art Academy, and with George Bellows and Robert Henri. After her marriage to artist Olin Travis in 1916, the couple founded the Dallas Art Institute in 1925 and Summer School in the Ozarks. A divorcée, in 1936 she moved to Hollywood, California where she lived for ten years. She then maintained a studio in Seattle and, while there, worked in the Cascades, Olympic Mountains, and Alaska. Returning to Dallas in 1952, she opened a studio and operated a summer school in Ruidoso, NM. She died there on Jan. 10, 1972. Primarily a portraitist, she also painted still lifes and landscapes. Member: AFA; Dallas AA. Exh: Webb Gallery (LA), 1941 (solo); Sartor Galler. Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California... Read full biography
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Benezit Dictionary of Artists, English Version and Online (Fourteen Volumes)
2006
Benezit, E
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
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