biography of Katherine MCEWEN (1875-1957)

Birth place: Nottingham, England

Addresses: Detroit, MI, 1896-past 1900; Dragoon, AZ

Profession: Landscape and mural painter

Studied: Detroit Art Academy; Chase School of Art, NYC; Charles Woodbury School, Ogunquit, ME; with Wm. Chase in Spain.

Exhibited: Detroit Inst. of Art, 1905-07, 1909-11, 1914-26, 1928-29; PAFA Ann., 1915; AIC, 1923; Soc. Indep. A., 1917-18, 1923, 1928.

Member: Detroit Soc.of Women Painters and Sculptors (charter mem., pres., 1915-18); Mural P.; NAWA; Detroit Soc. of A.&Crafts.

Work: watercolors, Detroit Inst. A.; frescoes, Christ Church, Cranbrook, Mich.; A. & Crafts Bldg., Sch. for Boys, Cranbrook, Mich.

Comments: Sister of Alexandrine McEwen (see entry).

Sources: WW40; Gibson, Artists of Early Michigan, 164; Charles Woodbury and His Students; Falk, Exh. Record Series.