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Virginia Banks

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Virginia Banks (1920 - 1985) was active/lived in Washington, Massachusetts.  Virginia Banks is known for Abstract painting, teaching.

Virginia Banks, a native of Boston, Massachusetts, was born in 1920. She received her Bachelor's degree from Smith College in 1941 and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Iowa. After her marriage to Arthur W. Freidinger, a psychiatrist, she moved with him to Seattle in the mid-1950s.

Her career as an artist flourished and she became part of the circle of well-known Northwest artists who made Seattle their home during the period. Banks created paintings in watercolor and oils, and worked in other media as well. She held shows of her work in both Seattle and New York City.

Virginia Banks also taught at the Cornish College of the Arts.  She died at her home in Seattle on February 7, 1985.

Source:
Virginia Banks papers 1881-1980 (University of Washington Libraries Special Collections)
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.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Virginia Banks available:    Peter Camfferman,  William Cumming,  Rosalyn Gale Powell,  Neil Meitzler,  George Tsutakawa,  Jay (John Jay) Steensma,  Windsor Utley,  William Ivey,  Robert Sperry,  Richard Gilkey,  James Lee Hansen,  Kathleen Parks Adkison,  Wendell Brazeau,  David Shaner,  Betty Feves,  John Matsudaira,  Mutsuo Yanagihara,  Leo Kenney,  Guy Irving Anderson,  Frank Okada,  Boyer Gonzales Jr,  Helmi Juvonen,  Louis Demott Bunce,  Frank Boyden



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10 Book References for Virginia Banks
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)		 1117 No
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)		 538 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1976 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition 756 No
1973 Collins, Jim L. Women Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to Present 426 No
1965 Barrie, Erwin S (editor) Grand Central Art Galleries, Inc 1965 Year Book
(Exhibition catalog)		 73 No
1950 Metropolitan Museum of Art American Painting Today 1950 A National Competitive Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)		 60 No
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