biography of Miriam MCKINNIE (1906-1987)

Birth place: Evanston, IL

Addresses: Edwardsville, IL

Profession: Painter, lithographer

Studied: Minneapolis Sch. FA; Kansas City AI; A. Angarola.

Exhibited: St. Louis AG, 1929-31 (3 prizes), 1933 (prize); S. Indp. A., 1931; Midwestern Exh., Kansas City AI, 1932 (med.), 1933 (prize); St. Louis Post Dispatch Exh., 1933 (prize); Salons of Am., 1934 (as McKimmie); AIC, 1935, 1942, 1943 (as McKinnie), 1937 (as McKennie); NAWPS, 1935 (prize), 1937 (prize), 1939 (prize); WMAA; Corcoran Gal. biennial, 1947.

Member: NAWPS; St. Louis AG; AFA; Am. Artists Cong.

Work: murals, Edwardsville (IL) Pub. Lib. & USPOs in Marshall & Forest Park (IL)

Comments: Her name has appeared in exhibition records as both McKinnie and Hofmeier and erroneously as McKennie and McKimmie.

Sources: WW40; Falk, Exhibition Records Series