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1905 Forney, Texas - 1978 Denton, Texas. Known for: Landscape painting, teaching, design, illustration, lithography, murals.
Coreen Mary Spellman was a fine-art teacher as well as a painter, designer, illustrator, lithographer and muralist. Many of her paintings depicted human-made structures and industrial landscapes in a... Read full biography
Coreen Mary Spellman was a fine-art teacher as well as a painter, designer, illustrator, lithographer and muralist. Many of her paintings depicted human-made structures and industrial landscapes in a style combining realism, precisionism, and abstraction. Often the central subject such as in... Read full biography
Coreen Mary Spellman was a fine-art teacher as well as a painter, designer, illustrator, lithographer and muralist. Many of her paintings depicted human-made structures and industrial landscapes in a style combining realism, precisionism, and abstraction. Often the central subject such as in "Railroad Signal" was the only suggestion of humanity against a backdrop of stark Texas landscape. Of her painting these isolated subjects she said: "I enjoy taking some rather obscure or unimportant... Read full biography
Coreen Mary Spellman was a fine-art teacher as well as a painter, designer, illustrator, lithographer and muralist. Many of her paintings depicted human-made structures and industrial landscapes in a style combining realism, precisionism, and abstraction. Often the central subject such as in "Railroad Signal" was the only suggestion of humanity against a backdrop of stark Texas landscape. Of her painting these isolated subjects she said: "I enjoy taking some rather obscure or unimportant subject or theme and making something fine and important out of it . It always gives me great pleasure to discover something which has been passed over as being inadequate material". (Trenton 199). Spellman was born in Forney, Texas in 1905. At an early... Read full biography
Coreen Mary Spellman was a fine-art teacher as well as a painter, designer, illustrator, lithographer and muralist. Many of her paintings depicted human-made structures and industrial landscapes in a style combining realism, precisionism, and abstraction. Often the central subject such as in "Railroad Signal" was the only suggestion of humanity against a backdrop of stark Texas landscape. Of her painting these isolated subjects she said: "I enjoy taking some rather obscure or unimportant subject or theme and making something fine and important out of it . It always gives me great pleasure to discover something which has been passed over as being inadequate material". (Trenton 199). Spellman was born in Forney, Texas in 1905. At an early age she moved to Dallas, Texas and studied under Vivian Aunspaugh before attending the College of Industrial Arts (Texas Woman's Univer... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Art Design
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Charcoal
- •Crayon, Crayola Drawing
- •Gouache
- •Lithography, Lithograph
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Subject
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Provincetown, Massachusetts
- •Texas Before 1940
Art Association
- •Southern States Art League
- •Texas Fine Arts Association
- •Texas Watercolor Society
Art Teacher
- •Kenneth Hayes Miller
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Columbia University Art Department, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Carnegie Foundation Fellowship, Grant
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Bill and Mary Cheek Collection
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Mural Specialty
- •Printmaking Specialty
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Annual Texas Artists Exhibition
- •Edgar B Davis Competition, Texas
- •Southern States Art League Annual
- •Texas Centennial Exposition
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Provincetown Art Association
Exhibition of Museum
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art