biography of Atlanta Constance SAMPSON (1896-?)

Addresses: NYC until c.1988; Toeterville, IA, thereafter

Profession: Abstract painter

Studied: Univ. of Minn., 1918; with Hans Hoffmann in NYC, 1961

Exhibited: NAC, 1988 (first solo, at age 91)

Comments: She taught art in Detroit public schools, then moved to NYC at age 65.

Sources: articles in New York Times (Apr. 20, 1988), Des Moines Register (May, 3, 1988) and others courtesy Owen Ryan