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Ethel (Currie) Magafan

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Ethel (Currie) Magafan (1916 - 1993) was active/lived in Colorado, New York.  Ethel Magafan is known for Abstract landscape and regionalist mural painting.

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 Ethel Currie Magafan was born August 10, 1916 in Chicago and died April 24, 1993 per obit in the New York Times, April 29, 1993, per Wikipedia; “The husband and wife team of Bruce Currie and Ethel Magafan are currently exhibiting at the Joseloff Gallery at the Hartford Art School, through November 27…Ethel Magafan studied at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center.

She utilizes large bold shapes to create a feeling that expresses the vitality of nature. The predominance of violet lends a cool serenity to the themes.” UH News, Liberated Press, November 20, 1968, p. 9; there is an oral history interview with her at the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, died C.; there are several references to her on historic LAT (ProQuest).   ...  [Displaying 901 of 18491 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Ethel (Currie) Magafan

   Publications  Book References:  40
Magazine References:  6

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6 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Ethel (Currie) Magafan
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review Colorado Rockies: Art from the Moffett Collection June 2008 North, Cori Sherman Yes
American Art Review Women Artists in the Moffett Collection February 2006 North, Cori Sherman Yes
Art Times Jenne M. Currie & Ethel Magafan November 2004 Steiner, Raymond No
American Art Review Women Artists in Colorado April 2001 Smith-Warren, Katharine Yes
Southwest Art Making Their Mark October 2000 Sutton, Kathlene Yes
Art Times Ethel Magafan & Bruce Currie at the December 1993 Steiner, Raymond J No
40 Book References for Ethel (Currie) Magafan
Year Author Title Pages Color
2015 Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall Santa Cruz Art League Statewide Art Exhibition Index, First through Twenty-Seventh, 1928-1957 (Publications in California Art, No. 12) 547 No
2006 Smith, Anita M Woodstock History and Hearsay (Second Edition) 335 Yes
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Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2000 Smith-Warren, Katharine Time and Place: One Hundred Years of Women Artists in Colorado 56 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1998 Kovinick, Phil; Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick An Encyclopedia of Women Artists of the American West 405 No
1995 Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary 612 No
1995 Trenton, Patricia (Editor); Sandra E'Emilio, Erika Doss (et all) Independent Spirits: Women Painters of the American West 1890-1945
(Exhibition catalog)		 304 Yes
1994 Bailey, Brooke The Remarkable Lives Of 100 Women Artists 207 No
1993 Bowker R R Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts) 1473 No
1993 Southwest Art The Red Book Western American Price Index 126 No
1991 Falk, Peter Hastings Biennial Exhibition Record of the Corcoran Gallery of Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 335 No
1991 Sternberg, Paul E Art by American Women Collection Louise and Alan Sellars
(Exhibition catalog)		 146 Yes
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950
(Exhibition catalog)		 622 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)		 1117 No
1989 Beckham, Sue Bidwell Depression Post Office Murals and Southern Culture/A Gentle Reconstruction 338 No
1989 Colorado Springs Art Center Pikes Peak Vision The Broadmoor Art Academy, 1919-1945
(Exhibition catalog)		 196 Yes
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)		 538 No
1988 Wooden, Howard E Collected Essays on 101 Art Works From the Permanent Collection, Wichita Art Musem 212 No
1987 Tufts, Eleanor (others) American Women Artists 1830-1930
(Exhibition catalog)		 256 Yes
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1985 Wooden, Howard E American Art of Great Depression Two Sides of the Coin
(Exhibition catalog)		 151 No
1984 Faunce, Sarah; Linda S. Ferber (Curators) American Watercolors, Pastels, Collages The Brooklyn Museum 88 Yes
1982 Marling, Karal Ann Wall-to-Wall America A Cultural History of Post Office Murals 348 No
1982 Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer American Women Artists from Early Times to the Present 560 Yes
1981 Newark Museum American Art in the Newark Museum Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture 431 Yes
1981 Wooden, Howard E. (Text) The Neglected Generation of American Realist Painters, 1930-48 Wichita Art Museum Exhibition, May 3-June 14, 1981
(Exhibition catalog)		 64 Yes
1976 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition 756 No
1976 Samuels, Peggy and Harold The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West 549 No
1975 Editor, Smithsonian Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection 0 No
1973 Collins, Jim L. Women Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to Present 426 No
1971 Shalkop, Robert L A Show of Color 100 Years of Painting/Pike's Peak Region
(Exhibition catalog)		 94 No
1958 Goodrich, Lloyd Fulbright Painters: Exhibits Organized by the Smithsonian Institution in Cooperation with the Institute of International Education
(Exhibition catalog)		 48 No
1950 Metropolitan Museum of Art American Painting Today 1950 A National Competitive Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)		 60 No
1947 Editor Collectors of American Art, Inc. Annual Bulletin, Vol. XI, December 1947
(Exhibition catalog)		 25 No
1947 Gilbert, Dorothy, (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 1947 685 No
1945 Crane, Aimee Portrait of America 204 Yes
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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