Lois Coleman Denton is known as a painter of oils and pastels specializing in still-life painting and landscapes. In addition to her painting skills, Denton spent many years teaching fine art. Denton... Read full biography
Lois Coleman Denton is known as a painter of oils and pastels specializing in still-life painting and landscapes. In addition to her painting skills, Denton spent many years teaching fine art. Denton was born in Clay County, Texas in 1887. Following graduation from high school, Denton taught art in... Read full biography
Lois Coleman Denton is known as a painter of oils and pastels specializing in still-life painting and landscapes. In addition to her painting skills, Denton spent many years teaching fine art. Denton was born in Clay County, Texas in 1887. Following graduation from high school, Denton taught art in the Henrietta Public Schools. She married in 1909 and moved to El Paso in 1913 where she taught in the public schools for forty years. During World War II, Denton resided in California working as a... Read full biography
Lois Coleman Denton is known as a painter of oils and pastels specializing in still-life painting and landscapes. In addition to her painting skills, Denton spent many years teaching fine art. Denton was born in Clay County, Texas in 1887. Following graduation from high school, Denton taught art in the Henrietta Public Schools. She married in 1909 and moved to El Paso in 1913 where she taught in the public schools for forty years. During World War II, Denton resided in California working as a draftsman in developing the B-17 bombers. She attended the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and took classes at the Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, the Cornish School of Art, Seattle, and Texas Western College, El Paso, Texas. Lois... Read full biography
Lois Coleman Denton is known as a painter of oils and pastels specializing in still-life painting and landscapes. In addition to her painting skills, Denton spent many years teaching fine art. Denton was born in Clay County, Texas in 1887. Following graduation from high school, Denton taught art in the Henrietta Public Schools. She married in 1909 and moved to El Paso in 1913 where she taught in the public schools for forty years. During World War II, Denton resided in California working as a draftsman in developing the B-17 bombers. She attended the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and took classes at the Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, the Cornish School of Art, Seattle, and Texas Western College, El Paso, Texas. Lois Denton was a member of the California Art Club; El Paso Art Guild; El Paso Artists Association; National Society of Arts and Letter... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (6)
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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
Texas Painters, Sculptors & Graphic Artists A Biographical Dictionary of Artists in Texas Before 1942
2000
Powers, John & Deborah; Ron Tyler, Foreward
606 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 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