biography of Emma Morehead WHITFIELD (1874-?)

Birth place: Greensboro, NC

Death place: Richmond, VA

Addresses: Richmond, VA

Profession: Portrait painter, teacher

Studied: ASL; R. Collin in Paris; Maryland Inst. School Art & Design

Work: portraits, State Lib., Richmond, VA; Univ. Richmond, VA; Carnegie Lib., Greensboro, NC; Capitols, Raleigh, NC, Jackson, MS; Guildford County Court House, Greensboro; Confederate Battle Abbey, Confederate Mem. Mus., Executive Mansion, all in Richmond; Women's Club, Raleigh; Mississippi College, Clinton; port., Boy's Indust. Sch., Birmingham, AL

Comments: Teaching: Woman's College, Richmond.

Sources: WW31; Petteys, Dictionary of Women Artists.