biography of Helen Crosbie BLAIR (1910-?)

Birth place: Hibbing, MN

Addresses: Phoenix, AZ

Profession: Sculptor, illustrator

Studied: Mass. Sch. Art, with Cyrus Dallin; BMFA Sch.; Archipenko Sch. Art, with Archipenko.

Exhibited: Ardan Studios, NYC, 1934 (solo); Portraits, Inc., NYC, 1941-1942 (solo); Vose Gals., Boston, 1944 (solo); Saint Paul Art Ctr., Minn., 1962 (solo); Downtown Gals., Denver, CO, 1970s.

Member: AEA; Nat. Arts & Lett. Soc.; Ariz. Artists Guild.

Work: Commissions: plaques, of Dr. Waring, Colo. Med. Sch., 1969 & Dr. Porter, Porter Mem. Hosp., Denver, 1970.

Comments: Teaching: instr. art educ., Boston Univ, 1937-40. Publications: illus., Jeanne-Marie," 1934, "Great Day in the Morning," 1946, "Assorted Sisters," 1947, "The House Under the Hill," 1949 & "Hetly and the Grand Deluxe," 1951, Houghton Mifflin.

Sources: WW73; K.S. Thompson, "Figurines Step Into a New Role," Boston Transcript, 1934; Peter Martin, "Moulder of Youth," Am Mag. (1946); Marjorie Barrett, "Helen Blair's Little People," Denver Post,1970. "