(Amy) Inez Abernethy (1873-1956)
American painter & art instructor ;
Inez Abernathy ; I. Abernathy ; I. Abernethy ; Inel Aberathy ; Inel Abernathy ; Inez Abernathy ;
[Born October 27, 1873 in Summerville, AR – died January 8, 1956 in New York, NY]
FAD record control number: 46320 ;
Record level: Person ;
Record type: Artist ;
Inez Abernethy (1873-1956) biography:
Birth: October 27, 1873 in Summerville, AR ;
Death: January 8, 1956 in New York, NY ;
Sex: Female ;
Ethnicity: White ;
Zodiac: Scorpio ;
Known for: Teaching art to women ;
Medium: Oil ; pencil & paper ; ink & paper ;
Technique: Painting ; drawing ;
Subjects: Figures ;
Areas: Summerville, AR ; Paris, France (1896-1898) ; FL ; New York, NY (1914-1962) ;
Region: South ; Europe (1896-1898) ;
Lived: 322 Cal Avenue, Fayetteville, AR (1900) ; New York, NY (1914-1962) ;
Father: James Harvey Abernathy (1839-1899) ;
Mother: Sarah “Sallie” M (Wood) Abernathy (1842-1923) ;
Relatives: Hettie (Abernathy) Brown (1868-1956), sister ; George Carl Abernathy (1878-1954), brother ; William Howard Abernathy (1870-1944), half-brother ;
Spouse: [none] ;
Children: [none] ;
Training: Art Academy, Cincinnati, OH ; Paris, France (1896-1898) ;
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Work: Easel Division of the Federal Art Project, the visual arts department of the New Deal WPA (1935-1939) ;
Taught: Summer School of the South, Knoxville, TN, drawing and painting (1904) ; Florida Female College and Florida State College for Women, FL, Head of the art department (1905-1914), brought her own collection of casts, models, drawings and oil paintings, which were used freely by her students ;
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Exhibited with: Paris Salons, Paris, France (1900, 1903) ; National Academy of Design, New York, NY () ; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA (1903) ;
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Digital-born document number:
FAD.2019.46320
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February 16, 2019
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