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Ethel Spears

Ethel Spears (1903 - 1974) was active/lived in Illinois, Texas.  Ethel Spears is known for Easel and mural painting, enameling, teaching.

Ethel Spears was born October 5, 1902 and raised in Chicago, IL. She attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and studied in the textile design department. She had her first solo exhibition at the School in 1923. She decided not to pursue a career in textile design and re-enrolled in the AIC School. Under the supervision of one of her teachers, John Norton, a noted Modernist, Spears did two mural commissions for the Tea Room of the Art Institute.

In the mid 1920s, she moved to Woodstock, NY to study under Alexander Archipenko. She left Woodstock and took up residence in New York City where she attended classes at the Art Students League.

By 1930, Spears was back in Chicago after a brief stay in Paris. She was active in the 1930s as a WPA artist. She was registered in the Illinois Federal Art Project. In 1937, Spears became an instructor at the School of the Art Institute, Chicago. She remained there for 24 years. It was at the AIC School that she met Kathleen   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2820 characters.]  Artist bio

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