biography of Macena Alberta BARTON (1901-1986)

Birth place: Union City, MI

Addresses: Chicago, IL

Profession: Painter

Studied: AIC

Exhibited: AIC, 1927 (Augustus Peabody prize), 1928 (solo), 1932, 1933, 1937, 1939, 1941-1943, 1949; VMFA, 1946; Kansas City AI; Riverside Mus., N.Y.; Carnegie Inst., Pittsburgh; LACMA; Minneapolis Inst. A.; Knoedler Gal., Chicago, 1931 (solo); Finlay Gal., Chicago, 1933 (solo), 1936 (solo); Chicago Galleries, 1932 (solo), 1936 (solo), 1943 (solo), 1945 (prize), 1948 (solo), 1951 (solo),1956 (prize). Awards: Chicago Woman's Aid, 1931, 1932.

Member: Chicago SA; Chicago P. & S.; Chicago Galleries Assn.; A. Salon of Chicago; AEA; Alumni Assoc. of AIC.

Work: City of Chicago Coll.; Chicago Pub. Schs.; Vanderpool A. Gal., Chicago.

Sources: WW59; WW47.

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