biography of Edith Blaisdell MURPHEY (XX)

Birth place: Pittsburgh, PA

Addresses: LA Grange, IL

Profession: Painter, designer, educator, lecturer, craftsperson, teacher

Studied: Cincinnati A. Acad., with Frank Duveneck; AIC, with Abram Poole; Univ. Chicago; Columbia Univ., M.A.

Exhibited: Oak Park-Maywood AA; CM; AIC; Delphic Gal., N.Y.; Argent Gal.; Oak Park-River Forest AL, 1933-34, 1936 (prize).

Member: Provincetown Mod. A. Group; NAWA; Oak Park AA; Wash. WCC; Chicago Gal. A.; Provincetown AA; Oak Park-River Forest AL; All-Ill. SFA.

Work: Illinois Masonic Orphans Home; Vaughan Veterans Hospital, Hines,Ill.; mural, Lyons Township H.S. & Jr. Col., La Grange, Ill.

Comments: Stage and costume des., Chicago theatres. Position: A. Dir., Lyons Township H.S.; Vaughan Veterans Hospital, Hines, IL.

Sources: WW53; WW47.