biography of Minnie Lois MURPHY (1901-1962)

Birth place: Lyons, KS

Addresses: Brooklyn, NY

Profession: Painter, designer, illustrator, lithographer, engraver, etcher

Studied: Teachers College, Columbia Univ. (B.S.); ASL: Boardman Robinson; Kimon Nicolaides; George Grosz; Martin; Hoffman; Fitsch.

Exhibited: PAFA, 1927 (gold), 1928, 1934; Soc. Indp. A., 1929; Minneapolis Inst. Art, 1930; Provincetown AA, 1930; AIC, 1930-31; BM, 1931; Wichita AA, 1932 (prize); Phillips Acad., Andover, MA, 1932; Morton Gal., 1932; Salons of Am., 1934; Riverside Mus., 1934-35, 1937; MoMA, 1936; Los Angeles Mus.Art, 1937; Northwest PM, 1937; WFNY 1939; Springfield Mus. Art,1942; John Herron AI, 1943

Work: WMAA; MMA; Brooklyn Pub. Lib.; Queens Pub. Lib.; Hunter College, NY; Univ. Wisconsin; Syracuse Univ.; high schools in Flushing, Jamaica & Brooklyn, NY

Sources: WW53; WW47.