Born in Gonzalez, Texas, Leola Freeman was reared in El Paso and attended Georgetown Convent, Washington D.C. She studied afterward at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, under... Read full biography
Born in Gonzalez, Texas, Leola Freeman was reared in El Paso and attended Georgetown Convent, Washington D.C. She studied afterward at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, under Daniel Garber, Joseph Thurmond Pearson, Jr. Henry Bainbridge McCarter, and George Brant Bridgman.... Read full biography
Born in Gonzalez, Texas, Leola Freeman was reared in El Paso and attended Georgetown Convent, Washington D.C. She studied afterward at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, under Daniel Garber, Joseph Thurmond Pearson, Jr. Henry Bainbridge McCarter, and George Brant Bridgman. Freeman moved from El Paso to Richmond, Virginia, after marrying Lloyd Freeman, then moved to Philadelphia where she and her husband shared a studio. In 1933, after his death she returned to El Paso with... Read full biography
Born in Gonzalez, Texas, Leola Freeman was reared in El Paso and attended Georgetown Convent, Washington D.C. She studied afterward at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, under Daniel Garber, Joseph Thurmond Pearson, Jr. Henry Bainbridge McCarter, and George Brant Bridgman. Freeman moved from El Paso to Richmond, Virginia, after marrying Lloyd Freeman, then moved to Philadelphia where she and her husband shared a studio. In 1933, after his death she returned to El Paso with her four young children and set out to earn a living as a painter. She married Michael McElroy, an Irish watercolorist, in the early 1940’s. For several years Freeman maintained a studio in the Paso del Norte Hotel where she exhibited her works. Her... Read full biography
Born in Gonzalez, Texas, Leola Freeman was reared in El Paso and attended Georgetown Convent, Washington D.C. She studied afterward at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, under Daniel Garber, Joseph Thurmond Pearson, Jr. Henry Bainbridge McCarter, and George Brant Bridgman. Freeman moved from El Paso to Richmond, Virginia, after marrying Lloyd Freeman, then moved to Philadelphia where she and her husband shared a studio. In 1933, after his death she returned to El Paso with her four young children and set out to earn a living as a painter. She married Michael McElroy, an Irish watercolorist, in the early 1940’s. For several years Freeman maintained a studio in the Paso del Norte Hotel where she exhibited her works. Her portraits include those of Texas Ranger captain John R. Hughes and Judges Allen Backer and Joseph Magoffin of El Paso. The latter two... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (7)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
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
Texas Painters, Sculptors & Graphic Artists A Biographical Dictionary of Artists in Texas Before 1942
2000
Powers, John & Deborah; Ron Tyler, Foreward
606 pages
Dictionary of Texas Artists, 1800-1945
1999
Grauer, Paula and Michael R.
240 pages (color)
An Encyclopedia of Women Artists of the American West
1998
Kovinick, Phil; Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick
405 pages
Early El Paso Artists (El Paso Centennial Museum)
1983
Price, Carol Ann; Nancy Hamilton (Intro)
115 pages (color)
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index