biography of Agnes Olive ALLEN (1897-?)

Birth place: Philadelphia, PA

Addresses: Philadelphia, PA

Profession: Painter

Studied: PAFA; Univ. Pa., BFA.; Barnes Fnd., and with Clinton Peters, Frank Linton, Hobson Pittman.

Exhibited: Portraits, Inc., 1945; A. Dir. Cl., 1945; PAFA, 1929, 1934, 1947, 1951; Harcum Col., Bryn Mawr, 1943 (solo); Westchester AA, 1937; Wayne A. Center, 1940; Smithsonian Inst., Washington. D.C., 1948, 1950, 1956, 1958; Univ. Delaware, 1955; Moore Inst., Phila., 1955, 1958. Awards: PAFA, 1947; Nat. Lg. Am. Pen Women, 1948, 1953, 1955.

Member: AFA; Phila. A. All.; Phila. Plastic Cl.; Phila. Pr. Cl.; Am. Assn. Univ. Women; fellow, PAFA.

Work: Westminster Theological Sem.; Bangor (Maine) Pub. Lib.; Episcopal Acad., Overbrook, Pa.; portrait of J. Somers Smith, Fish House," Schuylkill, Pa.; portraits in Andalusia, Pa.; also, in Philadelphia: American Oncologic Hospital; Univ. Pa; Insurance Co. of North America; Jefferson Medical Col.; Drexel Univ.; and murals in Mask & Wig Club."

Sources: WW59; WW47.