Biography

Constance Forsyth

Nationality: American
Dates: 1903-1987
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Education
 

1937 Butler University, 9 hrs. in Education
1925 Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana, B. A. in Chemistry
 

 

Art Training
 

1932-1934 Broadmoor Art Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Student of Boardman Robinson and Ward Lockwood
1930 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia
1923-1929 John Herron Art School, Indianapolis, Indiana, Diploma 1929
Student of William Forsyth, Clifton Wheeler, and Myra Richards
1926-1929 John Herron summer outdoor painting classes, Winona Lake, Indiana
1927-1928 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia
Student of Henry McCarter, George Harding, and Albert Laessle
1926-1927 John Herron Art School, Indianapolis, Indiana
1925-1926 John Herron Art School, Indianapolis, Indiana
 

 

Informal Educational Experience
 

1933 Assistant to Thomas Hart Benton on Indiana History Murals for the Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, Illinois
 

 

One Man and Group Exhibitions
 

2026 Clouds: Beyond the Dew Point (An Invitational Exhibition), Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2011 Fresh & Salty (a Valley House Gallery group exhibition), Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
1961 The Carriage House Gallery, Austin, Texas, thirty prints exhibited
1959 Texas Fine Arts Association, Laguna Gloria, eleven prints exhibited
1956 The Hoosier Salon Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana, twelve watercolors, nine prints exhibited
1952 Texas Western College, El Paso, Texas (Joint Exhibition with Kelly Fearing), eleven watercolors
1951 One Man show at the Bright Shawl, San Antonio, fourteen prints, watercolors, and drawings
1946 One Man show, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas, ten paintings and three drawings
 

 

Others
 

John Herron Art Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana
Fort Wayne Art Museum, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Western College, Oxford, Ohio
Lyman Galleries, Indianapolis, Indiana
 

 

Foreign Exhibitions
 

1960 Joint Exhibition, Oils and Watercolors, National Association of Women Artists and Japanese Women Artists, Municipal Museum of Art, University Park, Tokyo, Japan, "Bandera Sky, watercolor
1959 Sixteenth Library of Congress Print Exhibition, Esslingen on the Neckar, Germany, "Very White Cloud," aquatint and drypoint
1957 National Association of Women Artists Foreign Exhibition, Kunst Museum, Bern, Switzerland; Ciano Gallery, Lugano, Switzerland; Lyceum, Lugano, Switzerland, "The Cheerful Mountain," watercolor.
 

 

International Exhibitions
 

1960 American showing of Joint Exhibition of National Association of Women Artists and Japanese Women Artists, The Riverside Museum, New York, New York, "Bandera Sky," watercolor
1943 First International Print Show, Texas Fine Arts Association, Ney Museum, Austin, Texas, "Valley Town," lithograph; "Trailing Clouds" lithograph
 

 

National Exhibitions
 

1961 American Painting Today, invitational, Grand Rapids Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, Michigan “Clouds, East of Little Rock," watercolor
1961 Seventh Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Ball State Teachers College Art Gallery, Muncie, Indiana, "Storm," crayon drawing
1961 Annual Exhibition, National Association of Women Artists, National Academy Galleries, New York, New York, "Haunted Valley," etching and drypoint, and "Surf," aquatint and dry point
1960 Annual Exhibition, National Association of Women Artists, National Academy Galleries, New York, New York, "Closer and Closer," watercolor
1959 Annual Exhibition of Watercolors, Prints and Drawings, The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, "A Place with Birds," aquatint and drypoint
1959 National Exhibition of Prints Made During Current Year, The Library of Congress, Washington D. C., "A Place with Birds," aquatint and drypoint
1958 Fourth Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Ball State Teachers College Art Gallery, Muncie, Indiana, "June Storm Cloud," lithograph crayon drawing
1958 Second National Print Exhibition, The Silvermine GuiId of Artists, New Canaan, Connecticut, “Winter Thunderhead," aquatint and drypoint
1958 Annual Exhibition, National Association of Women Artists, National Academy Galleries, New York, New York, "Summer Clouds," watercolor
1958 National Exhibition of Prints Made During Current Year, The Library of Congress, Washington, D. C., "Very White Cloud," aquatint and drypoint
1958 Members Watercolor Exhibition, National Association of Women Artists, Argent Gallery, New York, New York, "Evening Mesa,” watercolor
1957 Annual Exhibition, National Association of Women Artists, National Academy Galleries, New York, New York, "The Storm, West of Memphis," watercolor
1957 Third Invitational Print and Drawing Exhibition, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, "Evening Sky," aquatint; "Storm Cloud," aquatint
1957 National Association of Women Artists Water Color Exhibition, Argent Gallery, New York, New York, and circuit exhibition, "The Cheerful Mountain," watercolor
1957 National Association of Women Artists Graphics Exhibition, Argent Gallery, New York, New York, "Evening Before the Hurricane," aquatint; "Very White Cloud," aquatint and drypoint
1957 National Association of Women Artists Graphics Exhibition, Time Life Building, Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York, "Island Birds," drypoint
1956 National Exhibition of Prints Made During Current Year, The Library of Congress, Washington, D. C., "Storm Cloud," aquatint
1956 National Association of Women Artists Graphics Exhibition, Argent Gallery, New York, New York, "Summer Clouds," aquatint; "Island Birds" drypoint
1955 Annual Exhibition, National Association of Women Artists, National Academy Galleries, New York, New York, "Small Clouds," aquatint
1955 National Exhibition of Prints Made During Current Year, The Library of Congress, Washington, D. C., "Winter Thunderhead,” aquatint, drypoint (also circuit)
1955 First Graphic Exhibition, Texas Western College, El Paso, Texas, "Evening Sky" aquatint
1955 National Association of Women Graphics Exhibition, Argent Galleries, New York, New York, "Winter Thunderhead," aquatint and drypoint
1954 Annual Exhibition, National Association of Women Artists, National Academy Galleries, New York, New York, "The Cloud,” aquatint; "Mountain Night," aquatint
1954 Annual Exhibition, Society of American Graphic Artists, New York, New York, "The Cloud," aquatint
1954 Eighth Annual National Print Exhibitions, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, "Mountains, Night," aquatint
1953 Annual Exhibition, National Association of Women Artists, National Academy Galleries, New York, New York, "The Birds,” watercolor
1953 National Exhibition of Prints Made During Current Year, The Library of Congress, Washington, D. C., “Mountains, Night," aquatint (circuit)
1952 Annual Exhibition, Society of American Graphic Artists, New York, New York, "The Precarious Island," aquatint and drypoint
1952 Tenth Annual Audubon Artists Exhibition, New York, New York, "Brother Law’s Wife," lithograph
1949 Annual Graphic Arts Exhibition, Joslyn Memorial Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, "Brother Law's Wife," lithograph
1948 Annual Exhibition of Watercolors, Prints and Drawings, The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, "Lake Austin,” watercolor
1948 Annual Graphic Arts Exhibition, Joslyn Memorial Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, "Road to Chama," lithograph, "Dark Land," lithograph
1946 Fourteenth Annual Print Exhibition, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, California, "Night Wind and Cane," lithograph
1946 American Prints Today, John Herron Art Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana, "Waves and Spirits,” lithograph
1944 Northwest Printmakers Annual Exhibition, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, "Valley Town," lithograph
1943 National Exhibition of Prints Made During Current Year, The Library of Congress, Washington, D. C., “Valley Town" lithograph
1942 116th Annual Exhibition, The National Academy of Design, Graphic Arts Section, New York, New York, “Mexican Girl," lithograph
1941 The Printmakers Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Annual Exhibition, "Sam," drypoint; "Beyond the Ranches," aquatint
1941 Third Annual National Lithography Exhibition, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, "Little One," lithograph; "Mountain Stream," lithograph
1939 New York World's Fair Exhibition, New York, New York, "Westcliff, Colorado," tempera painting
 

Others
 

Print Exhibitions, The Art Alliance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Print Exhibitions, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, California
Print Exhibitions, The Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio
The Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, Watercolor
 

 

Regional and Limited Entrance Exhibitions
 

1961 Southwestern Print and Drawing Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas, “Haunted Valley,” etching and drypoint
1961 Annual Exhibitions, Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, Indiana, "Haunted Valley," etching and drypoint; "Surf," aquatint and drypoint; "A Place with Birds," aquatint and drypoint
1960 Artists Annual Exhibition, Isaac Delgado Museum. Of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana, "A Place with Birds," aquatint and drypoint
1959 Annual Indiana Artists Exhibitions, John Herron Art Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana, "Bandera Sky," watercolor
1958 Annual Exhibitions, Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, Indiana, "Susie," watercolor; "Into the Storm," lithograph crayon drawing
1958 Southwestern Print and Drawing Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas, “Evening before the Hurricane,” aquatint
1958 Fourth Biennial Exhibition, 50 Indiana Prints, John Herron Art Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana, "Very White Cloud," aquatint and drypoint
1957 Annual Exhibitions, Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, Indiana, "Island Birds," drypoint
1957 Annual Indiana Artists Exhibitions, John Herron Art Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana, "Gulf Clouds," watercolor
1957 Indiana State Fair Exhibitions, Indianapolis, Indiana, "Gulf Coast Sky Day Before the Hurricane," watercolor; "Susie," watercolor; "Into the Storm," lithograph crayon drawing
1956 Southwestern Print and Drawing Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas, “Evening Sky,” aquatint; “Small Cloud,” aquatint and drypoint
1956 Annual Exhibitions, Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, Indiana, "The Lake," aquatint; "Small Clouds.” aquatint and drypoint; "El Paso Mesa," watercolor (circuit)
1956 Third Biennial Exhibition, 50 Indiana Prints, "The Lake," aquatint "Small Clouds, "aquatint and drypoint
1956 Indiana State Fair Exhibitions, Indianapolis, Indiana, "The Pink Veil," watercolor; "The Turkey," lithograph crayon drawing; "Clouds," lithograph crayon
1955 Annual Exhibitions, Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, Indiana, "Bright Land," watercolor
1955 Annual Indiana Artists Exhibitions, John Herron Art Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana, "Cumulo Nimbus," watercolor
1955 Indiana State Fair Exhibitions, Indianapolis, Indiana, "The Cheerful M ountain,11 watercolor; "Storm Cloud," aquatint; "Against the. Dark¬ness," lithograph
1954 Second Biennial Exhibition, 50 Indiana Prints, "The Cloud," aquatint; “Mountains, Night,” aquatint
1954 Indiana State Fair Exhibitions, Indianapolis, Indiana, "Storm Clouds," watercolor; "The Cloud,"
aquatint
1953 Annual Exhibitions, Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, Indiana, "The Cheerful Mountain," watercolor (circuit)
1953 Annual Exhibitions of Western Art, Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, "Mountains, Night," aquatint
1953 Indiana Society of Printmakers Annual Exhibitions, Indianapolis, Indiana, “Deep Valley Rocks," aquatint, etching; "The Magic Cliffs," etching and drypoint; "Clouds," aquatint
1952 Southwestern Print and Drawing Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas, “Road of Shadow,” aquatint and drypoint
1952 Indiana State Fair Exhibitions, Indianapolis, Indiana, "Clouds," drawing; "Mountain Pass, Evening," watercolor; "Deep Valley Rocks," etching and aquatint
1952 Sun Carnival Exhibition, El Paso, Texas, “Summer Sky," watercolor
1951 Southwestern Print and Drawing Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas, “And in the End,” aquatint and drypoint; “West Slope,” drawing
1951 Annual Exhibitions, Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, Indiana, "And in the End," aquatint and drypoint
1951 Annual Indiana Artists Exhibitions, John Herron Art Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana, "Enchanted Distance," watercolor
1951 Indiana State Fair Exhibitions, Indianapolis, Indiana, "Enchanted Distance," watercolor; "The Old Doll," watercolor; "Place Near Llano," brush drawing; "The White Turkey," aqua¬tint and drypoint
1951 Indiana Society of Printmakers Annual Exhibitions, Indianapolis, Indiana, "Below the Cliff," aquatint and drypoint; "The White Turkey,” aquatint and drypoint; "Road of Shadow, aquatint and drypoint
1951 Second Mid America Annual, Nelson Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, "The Birds," watercolor
1951 Sun Carnival Exhibition, El Paso, Texas, "Serene Destruction," watercolor
1950 Annual Exhibitions, Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, Indiana
1950 Indiana State Fair Exhibitions, Indianapolis, Indiana
1950 Indiana Society of Printmakers Annual Exhibitions, Indianapolis, Indiana
1949 Southwestern Print and Drawing Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas, “Of the Sierra Madre,” drypoint
1949 Annual Exhibitions, Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, Indiana
1949 Annual Indiana Artists Exhibitions, John Herron Art Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana, "Lake Austin," watercolor
1949 Indiana State Fair Exhibitions, Indianapolis, Indiana
1949 Indiana Society of Printmakers Annual Exhibitions, Indianapolis, Indiana
1948 Annual Exhibitions of Western Art, Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado. "Dark Wave," watercolor
1948 Annual Indiana Artists Exhibitions, John Herron Art Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana
1948 Indiana Society of Printmakers Annual Exhibitions, Indianapolis, Indiana
1947 Annual Indiana Artists Exhibitions, John Herron Art Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana
1947 Indiana Society of Printmakers Annual Exhibitions, Indianapolis, Indiana
1946 Annual Exhibitions of Western Art, Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, "Brother Law's Wife," lithograph
1946 Tri State Exhibition of Original Prints, Indianapolis, (Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio), "Night Wind and Cane," lithograph; "Brother Law's Wife," lithograph
1946 Annual Indiana Artists Exhibitions, John Herron Art Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana
1946 Indiana State Fair Exhibitions, Indianapolis, Indiana
1945 Annual Exhibitions of Western Art, Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, "The Canyon," etching
1945 Mountains and Plains Exhibition, Denver, Colorado, "Beyond the Ranches," aquatint
1945 Tri State Exhibition of Original Prints, Indianapolis, Indiana, (Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio), "Birds and Waves," aquatint; "Mountains" aquatint and drypoint; "Boy's Head,” lithograph
1944 Annual Exhibitions, Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, Indiana
1944 Indiana Society of Printmakers Annual Exhibitions, Indianapolis, Indiana
1943 Annual Exhibitions of Western Art, Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, "Devil Flower," lithograph
1942 Annual Indiana Artists Exhibitions, John Herron Art Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana
1941 Indiana State Fair Exhibitions, Indianapolis, Indiana
1941 Indiana Society of Printmakers Annual Exhibitions, Indianapolis, Indiana
1940 Annual Indiana Artists Exhibitions, John Herron Art Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana
 

 

Texas Exhibitions
 

1961 Texas Fine Arts Association Spring Jury Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas, "The Deluge," aquatint and drypoint
1961 Texas Fine Arts Association Annual Fall Membership Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas, "Storm," watercolor
1961 The Texas Watercolor Society Annual Exhibitions, Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, Texas, "Big Sky," watercolor
1960 Texas Fine Arts Association Annual Fall Membership Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas, "Clouds," lithograph crayon drawing.
1959 Texas Fine Arts Association Spring Jury Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas, "Summer Sky," watercolor,
1959 Texas Fine Arts Association Annual Fall Membership Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas, "Maybe Rain," watercolor
1959 D. D. Feldman Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas and circuit, "Black Bird," mixed media
1959 Made in Texas by Texans, Contemporary Arts Museum, Dallas, Texas, "Maybe Rain," watercolor
1958 Texas Fine Arts Association Annual Fall Membership Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas, “June Storm Cloud,” lithograph crayon drawing
1957 Texas Fine Arts Association Annual Fall Membership Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas, "The Storm West of Memphis,” watercolor
1957 Texas Fine Arts Association Spring Jury Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas, "Climbing Clouds," watercolor.
1957 Texas General, Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas, "Gulf Clouds," watercolor
1956 Texas Fine Arts Association Spring Jury Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas, "The Mountain" lithograph crayon drawing; "High Clouds," lithograph crayon drawing
1956 Texas Fine Arts Association Annual Fall Membership Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas, “Summer Clouds," watercolor; 'Cumulo-Nimbus," watercolor
1956 The Texas Watercolor Society Annual Exhibitions, Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, Texas," South Cliffs," watercolor (also circular)
1955 Texas Fine Arts Association Annual Fall Membership Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas, "Storm Cloud," aquatint and drypoint; "South Cliffs," watercolor
1955 D. D. Feldman Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas and circuit, "The Mesa"
1954 Texas Fine Arts Association Spring Jury Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas, "Grey Clouds," watercolor; "The Cloud" aquatint
1954 Texas Fine Arts Association Annual Fall Membership Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas, “Storm Cloud," watercolor; "Against the Darkness," lithograph
1953 Texas Fine Arts Association Annual Fall Membership Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas, "The Birds," watercolor
1953 Texas Fine Arts Association Spring Jury Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas, "Mountains, Night,” aquatint; "West Texas Sky,” lithograph crayon drawing
1953 The Texas Watercolor Society Annual Exhibitions, Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, Texas, "Clouds over Mountains," watercolor
1952 Texas Fine Arts Association Spring Jury Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas, "Clouds, High and Heavy," lithograph crayon drawing
1952 Texas Fine Arts Association Annual Fall Membership Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas, "Bright Land," watercolor
1951 Texas Fine Arts Association Spring Jury Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas
1951 Texas Fine Arts Association Annual Fall Membership Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas
1950 Texas Fine Arts Association Spring Jury Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas
1950 Texas Fine Arts Association Annual Fall Membership Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas
1949 Texas Fine Arts Association Annual Fall Membership Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas
1948 Texas Fine Arts Association Spring Jury Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas
1947 Texas Fine Arts Association Spring Jury Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas
1947 Texas Fine Arts Association Annual Fall Membership Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas
1947 Texas Print Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas
1946 Texas Fine Arts Association Spring Jury Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas
1946 Texas Fine Arts Association Annual Fall Membership Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas
1946 Texas General, Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas, "Dark Water," lithograph
1945 Texas Fine Arts Association Spring Jury Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas
1945 Texas Fine Arts Association Annual Fall Membership Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas
1945 Texas General, Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas, "Flowers," watercolor
1945 Texas Print Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas
1944 Texas Fine Arts Association Spring Jury Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas
1944 Texas General, Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas, “Evelyn S.," oil painting
1944 Texas Print Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas
1943 Texas Fine Arts Association Annual Fall Membership Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas
1943 Texas General, Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas, “Devil Flower," watercolor
1943 Texas Print Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas
1942 Texas Fine Arts Association Spring Jury Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas
1942 Texas General, Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas, "Little One," lithograph
1942 Texas Print Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas
 

 

Traveling Exhibitions
 

1961-1962 Texas Printmakers, "Haunted Valley," etching drypoint; "Surf,” aquatint and drypoint
1961 Texas Fine Arts Association, Traveling Exhibition, "Clouds," crayon drawing; "The Deluge," aquatint and drypoint
1960 Texas Fine Arts Association, Traveling Exhibition, "Dark Storm," crayon drawing; "Summer Sky,” watercolor; "Maybe Rain,” watercolor
1959 Texas Printmakers
1959 Traveling Exhibition, 16th Annual Print Exhibition of the Library of Congress, "Very 'White Cloud," aquatint and drypoint
1958 Texas Printmakers
1958 Texas Fine Arts Association, Traveling Exhibition
1957 Texas Printmakers
1957 Texas Fine Arts Association, Traveling Exhibition
1957 National Association of Woman Artists, Traveling Graphics Exhibition, "Island Birds," drypoint
1956 Texas Printmakers
1956 Texas Fine Arts Association, Traveling Exhibition
1956 National Association of Woman Artists, Traveling Graphics Exhibition, "Winter Thunderhead," aquatint and drypoint
1955 Texas Printmakers
1955 Texas Fine Arts Association, Traveling Exhibition
1954 Texas Printmakers
1954 Texas Fine Arts Association, Traveling Exhibition
1953 Texas Printmakers
1952 Texas Printmakers
1951 Texas Printmakers
1950 Texas Printmakers
1949 Texas Printmakers
1948 Texas Printmakers
1947 Texas Printmakers
1946 Texas Printmakers
1945 Texas Printmakers
1944 Texas Printmakers
1943 Texas Printmakers
1942 Texas Printmakers
 

 

University of Texas Faculty Exhibitions
 

1962 Exhibition of Drawings, University of Texas Art Department Faculty, Humboldt State College, Arcata, California, “June Cloud," crayon and wash; "Rain Cloud," crayon and wash
1961 Texas Ex Students Association, Texas Artists Exhibition, Architectural League New York City, New York, "The Deluge," aquatint and drypoint
1961 Department of Art Faculty Exhibitions, the University of Texas, Regents Room, "The Deluge," aquatint and drypoint
1961 Department of Art Faculty Exhibitions, the University of Texas, Music Building, "Face from Summer,” watercolor
1960 Department of Art Faculty Exhibitions, the University of Texas, Music Building, “Near the Gulf,” watercolor
1960 Department of Art Faculty Exhibitions, the University of Texas, Music Building, "Big Sky," watercolor
1960 Department of Art Faculty Exhibitions, the University of Texas. “Gulf Coast Sky,” watercolor; "Clouds, Bennie's Ranch," watercolor
1960 Department of Art Faculty Exhibition, Fifth Avenue Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas, "Gulf Coast Sky," watercolor
1960 Faculty Exhibition, Invantory Gallery, Austin, Texas, "Blackbird," mixed media
1959 Department of Art Faculty Exhibitions, the University of Texas, Music Building, "The Elegant Squawkers," mixed media
1959 Department of Art Faculty Exhibitions, the University of Texas, Music Building, "Clouds, Bennie's Ranch," watercolor
1959 Department of Art Faculty Exhibitions, the University of Texas, Drama Theatre Building, "With Rain," crayon drawing
1958 Department of Art Faculty Exhibitions, the University of Texas, Hogg Auditorium," Three Birds," watercolor
1958 Department of Art Faculty Exhibitions, the University of Texas, Music Building, "Susie," watercolor
1958 University of Texas Faculty Exhibition, Beaumont Art Museum, Beaumont Texas, "Clouds, East of Little Rock," watercolor; "Turkey and Rooster." lithograph crayon drawing
1957 University of Texas Faculty Exhibition, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, "Gulf Coast Sky, Day Before the Hurricane," watercolor
1957 University of Texas Faculty Exhibition, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, "Clouds, East of Little Rock,” watercolor
1957 Department of Art Faculty Exhibitions, the University of Texas, Music Building, "Gulf Coast Sky, Day Before the Hurricane," watercolor
1957 Department of Art Faculty Exhibitions, the University of Texas, Music Building, "Clouds, East, of Little Rock,” watercolor
1956 Department of Art Faculty Exhibitions, the University of Texas, Music Building, "The Island," watercolor
1956 Department of Art Faculty Exhibitions, the University of Texas, Music Building, "Tall Clouds,” watercolor
1956 University of Texas Faculty Exhibition, Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas, "Cumulo Nimbus," watercolor; "Clouds," watercolor; "The Cheerful Mountain," watercolor
1956 The University of Texas Faculty Exhibition, San Angelo, Texas
1955 Department of Art Faculty Exhibitions, the University of Texas, Music Building, "Late Afternoon,” watercolor¬
1955 The University of Texas Faculty Exhibition, San Angelo, Texas
1954 Department of Art Faculty Exhibitions, the University of Texas, Music Building, "The Cliffs, watercolor; "Storm Cloud," lithograph drawing
1954 Department of Art Faculty Exhibitions, the University of Texas, Music Building, "Edge of Lake Travis,” watercolor
1954 The University of Texas Faculty Exhibition, San Angelo, Texas
1953 Department of Art Faculty Exhibitions, the University of Texas
1952 Texas Contemporary Artists Exhibition, Knoedler Gallery, New York City, New York, "Heat and Wind," lithograph crayon drawing
1952 The University of Texas Faculty Exhibition, San Angelo, Texas
1952 Department of Art Faculty Exhibitions, the University of Texas
1951 Department of Art Faculty Exhibitions, the University of Texas
1950 Department of Art Faculty Exhibitions, the University of Texas
1949 Department of Art Faculty Exhibitions, the University of Texas
1948 Department of Art Faculty Exhibitions, the University of Texas
1947 The University of Texas Faculty Exhibition, San Angelo, Texas
1947 Department of Art Faculty Exhibitions, the University of Texas
1946 Department of Art Faculty Exhibitions, the University of Texas
1945 Department of Art Faculty Exhibitions, the University of Texas
1945 The University of Texas Faculty Exhibition, San Angelo, Texas
1944 Department of Art Faculty Exhibitions, the University of Texas
1943 Department of Art Faculty Exhibitions, the University of Texas
1942 Department of Art Faculty Exhibitions, the University of Texas
1941 Department of Art Faculty Exhibitions, the University of Texas
 

 

Department of Art Faculty Traveling Exhibitions
 

1961 1962 "Big Sky," watercolor, circulated to the following museums: San Angelo College, Midland, Texas; Public Library, University of Oklahoma; Florida Coast Art Center; University of Alabama; Arkansas Arts Center; Andalusla Art Festivle, Alabama; Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Alabama; Columbus Museum of Arts and Crafts, Georgia; the University of Georgia, Georgia
 

1960 1961 "Near the Gulf," watercolor, circulated to the following Texas museums and institutions: Beaumont Art Museum; Stephen F. Austin State College; Southwestern University; San Angelo College; A&M College; Southwest Texas State College; East Texas State College; Fort Worth Art Center; Corpus Christi Art Foundation Centennial Museum
 

 

Academic Instruction
 

1953-1962 Associate Professor of Art, University of Texas
1947-1953 Assistant Professor of Art, University of Texas
1950 Assistant Professor of Art, first summer term, Texas Western College, El Paso, Texas
1940-1947 Instructor in Art, University of Texas
1939 Interim Instructor in Art, Western College, Oxford, Ohio
1934-1935 Instructor, Museum classes, John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana
1931-1933 Instructor in Art, John Herron Art School, Indianapolis, Indiana
 

Courses Taught at the University of Texas
 

1960-1962 Graduate Studio Projects, (Supervised graduate instruction in Life Drawing and Graphics)
1940-1962 Life Drawing
1940-1962 Graphic Arts
1942-1962 Problems (Individual conference courses) Life Drawing and Graphic Arts
1942-1948 Elementary Art Education (Drafted into this work during World War II emergency)
 

 

Departmental Committees
 

1960 1962 Registration Committee (Chairman)
Evaluation of Credits Committee
Building Committee (New Art Building)
1950 1960 Registration Committee (Chairman)
Inventory Committee
Faculty Secretary (to 1955)
1940 1950 Faculty Secretary
Registration Committee
Course and Catalog Committee (Chairman)
Scheduling Committee
Evaluation of Transfer Art Hours
Scholarship Committee
 

University Committees
 

1958 1962 Student Living Accommodations
1958-1962 Health Service
1946 1949 Student Use of English
1955 1956 Faculty Welfare
 

National Committees
 

Extension Committee, National Association of Women Artists
 

Organizational Membership and Professional Listings
 

Who's Who in the Southwest
Who's Who of American Women
Who's Who in American Art
Member, National Association of Women Artists, 1953 – 1962
Texas Printmakers
Texas Fine Arts Association
Texas Association of College Teachers
 

 

Awards for Paintings, Drawings, and Prints
 

1961 Naomi Goldman Prize, Annual Exhibition, National Association of Women Artists, New York. "Surf," aquatint and dry point
1961 Purchase award from Depauw University Purchase Fund, Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, Indiana "A place with Birds," aquatint and dry point.
1961 Honorable Mention, Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, "Haunted Valley," etching and dry point
1961 Third watercolor award, Texas Fine Arts Association Fall Membership Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, "Storm," watercolor.
1957 Drawing Award, Indiana State Fair., Indianapolis, Exhibition, "Into the Storm," lithograph crayon drawing
1957 Honorable Mention, Indiana State Fair Exhibition, “Susie," watercolor
1956 Dallas Print Society Fund Purchase Award, Sixth Southwestern Print and Drawing Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas, "Evening Sky," aquatint
1956 Art Center Award, Texas Water Color Society, 7th Annual Exhibition, Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas, "South Cliffs," watercolor.
1956 Drawing Award, Annual Spring Jury Exhibition, Texas Fine Arts Association, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas, "High Clouds," lithograph crayon drawing
1956 Water color award, Texas Fine Arts Association Fall Membership Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, “Summer Clouds," watercolor
1956 Drawing Award, Indiana State Fair Exhibition, Indianapolis, Indiana, "The Turkey," lithograph crayon drawing
1956 Honorable Mention, Water color, Indiana State Fair Exhibition, Indianapolis, Indiana, The Pink Veil,” water color.
1955 The Eve Clendenin Prize, 63rd Annual National Association, Women Arts, National Academy Gallery, New York City, New York, "Small Clouds,” aquatint
1954 Cash print award, Spring Exhibition, Texas Fine Arts Association, Laguna Gloria, Austin, "The Cloud,” aquatint
1953 Second Prize, 18th Indiana Society of Printmakers Annual Exhibition, Indianapolis, "The Magic Cliffs," etching and drypoint
1952 Drawing Prize, Indiana State Fair Exhibition, Indianapolis, "Clouds," lithograph crayon drawing
1951 Robert G. Payne Award, Texas Fine Arts Association, Spring Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, “The Cheerful Mountain,” watercolor
1951 Field Parker Award, Sun Carnival Exhibition, El Paso, Texas, "Serene Destruction,” watercolor
1950 Indiana State Fair Exhibition, Indianapolis, Indiana , First Prize for Watercolor Landscape, "Bright Wind," watercolor (Landscape); Second Prize for Watercolor Composition, "Departing Spirits, Noon," watercolor (composition)
1949 Birdwell Memorial Prize, 25th Annual Hoosier Salon Exhibition, Indianapolis, “Flowers,” watercolor
1949 Purchase Award, Joslyn Memorial Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, "Brother Law's Wife," lithograph
1949 Purchase Award, Indiana Society of Printmakers, Indianapolis, "Mountainside,” aquatint and drypoint
1947 Indiana State Fair Exhibition, Indianapolis, Indiana, First Prize for Watercolor Portrait, "The Rooster;" Second Prize for Watercolor Still Life, "Flowers;” Second Prize for Prints, "Dark Water," lithograph
1947 Texas Fine Arts Association Fall Membership Exhibition, First Print Prize, "Austin Women's Club," etching
1945 Fort Worth Art Association Award., Fifth Annual Texas Print Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, “Birds and Waves," aquatint and drypoint.
1946 N. S. Von Phul Print Purchase Prize, 8th Texas General Exhibition, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Collection of Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas, "Dark Water," lithograph
1946 Indiana State Fair Exhibition, Indianapolis, Indiana, Third Prize, Watercolor Portrait, "David,” Second Prize, Print, "Wind and Cane," lithograph
1941 Indiana State Fair Exhibitions, Indianapolis, Indiana, Print Prize, "Mexican Girl," lithograph
 

 

 

Others
 

Indiana Artists Annuals
John Herron Art Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana, Honorable Mentions, 1936, 1938
 

 

Collections
 

Ball State Teachers College, Muncie, Indiana
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas
Depauw University, Greencastle, Indiana
Indiana Printmakers Collection, Indianapolis, Indiana
John Herron Art Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana (now the Indianapolis Museum of Art)
Joslyn Memorial Museum, Omaha, Nebraska
Manual Training High School, Indianapolis, Indiana
Private Collections
Scottish Rite Cathedral Indianapolis, Indiana
State of Indiana, Drawings for “Lincoln, the Hoosier”
Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, Texas
Texas Wesleyan College, Fort Worth, Texas
The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas
Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, Texas
 

 

Juries
 

1960 Texas Fine Arts Association, Tenth Annual Fiesta of Arts and Crafts, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas
1952 Fifth Southwestern Print and Drawing Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas
1952 League of Contemporary Arts, Temple, Texas
1950 Twentieth Annual Exhibition of San Antonio Art League, Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas
1943 Houston Museum of Fine Arts 18th Annual Exhibition of Photography, Houston, Texas

 

Demonstrations
 

1956 Dallas Museum of Fine Arts "Festival of Art in Action," May 19 and 20, Dallas, Texas (Demonstrations in printmaking)
1952 Lecture, March 6, “Etching,” Austin Art League, Laguna Gloria, Austin
1950 Texas Fine Arts Association, “Artists in Action” series Austin, Texas, (Demonstrations of printmaking)
Demonstrations in Printmaking for Art 305 (Introduction to the Visual Arts) classes
 

 

Work Donated
 

Etching to Austin Women's Club. Print made for purpose of one print to be included in club book. Work done out of consideration of Austin’s art patron, Mrs. Jodie Robideau.
Watercolors donated to the Austin State Hospital.
Prints donated for fund raising by Texas Fine Arts Association, University of Texas student scholarship fund.
 

 

Publications
 

Esther Buffler, Illustrations for "The Friends," The Steck Company, Austin, Texas, 1951. Ten illustrations in full color (originals in watercolor and pencil). Jacket design in full color, End sheets in two colors. Frontispiece pen and ink. Chapter numbers pen and ink. Layout designing of first six pages of the book.

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