Timeline

1905

Born: Aledo, IL

1927

Graduated from Rockford College, IL

1930

Attended the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco, CA

1931

Moved permanently to Woodstock, NY

1932

Exhibited in the first Whitney Biennial exhibition

1935

Awarded the Logan Medal of the Arts from the Chicago Art Institute with her painting “Thanksgiving Dinner”

1936 - 1939

Invited to be a summer guest artist at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center

1937

Painted two murals in the Main Post Office in Washington, DC and another in the Summerville, Georgia Post Office

1939

Invited to exhibit at the New York World's Fair

1943 - 1944

Invited as guest artist at Michigan State College in Lansing, MI

1944

Awarded the Carnegie prize

1946

Toured central America

1983

Died: Clearwater, FL