biography of Elizabeth Vardell MCNETT (1896-?)

Birth place: New Bern, NC

Addresses: Blowing Rock, NC

Profession: Painter, illustrator

Studied: Flora McDonald Col., 1915; ASL; NAD, 1917-19; Johns Hopkins Med. Sch. (cert. med. art); Charcoal Cl., Baltimore; PAFA, Univ. Pa., Pa Acad Fine Arts Scholar (B.F.A., 1943, M.F.A., 1945).

Exhibited: PAFA; Philadelphia A. All.; Artists Union, Phila.; Plastic Cl., Phila.; All. A., Durham, NC.

Work: Commissions: murals, Lankenau Hosp., Phila., Pa., Col. Pharm. Phila. & other med. ctrs.

Comments: Positions: staff artist, Lankenau Hosp., 1930-50; staff artist, WTVD, Durham, NC, 1956. Teaching: hd. dept. painting, Andrew Col., Cuthbert, Ga., 1919-23; instr. painting & drawing, Fleischer Mus. Sch.; dir. sch. art, All. Arts, Durham, NC, 1954-58. Publications: illusr, many med. bks.