biography of Jenne MAGAFAN (1916-1952)

Birth place: Chicago, IL

Death place: Albany, NY

Addresses: Woodstock, NY

Profession: Painter, mural painter, lithographer

Studied: Colorado Springs FAC; E. Mechau; B. Robinson; P. Mangravite.

Exhibited: 48 Sts. Comp. (winner); Denver, CO, 1933 (prize); Denver AM, 1934-35, 1938-42; Colorado Springs FAC, 1938, 1940-41, 1945; Contemporary Arts Gal., NYC, 1940 (together with Ethel); CI, 1941; Inst. Modern Art, Boston, 1941; AIC, 1941-42; PAFA Ann., 1942, 1948-53; SFMA, 1941, 1944, 1946; MMA, 1942; MoMA, 1942; NGA, 1942; NAD, 1943-45; LACMA, 1945; Kansas City AI, 1940, 1942; Corcoran Gal. biennial, 1949; Woodstock AA, 1953 (memorial exhib.); Ganso Gals., NY, 1953 (mem. exhib.); Albany Inst. of Hist. & Art, 1954 (mem. exhib.); Long Island Univ., 1975 (retrospective); Ulster Club Comm. Col., 1975 (retrospective); Rome, NY, 1978 (retrospective). Other Awards: Peixotto Mem. Prize for mural, 1942; Tiffany Fnd. Fellowship

Member: Colorado Springs FAC; Woodstock AA

Work: Newark Mus.; Colorado Springs FAC; Woodstock AA; White House, Wash., DC; Grand Rapids Art Gal.; LOC; priv. colls. Murals, H.S., Denver; Social Security Bldg., Wash., DC; Beverly Hills (CA) Hotel; WPA murals, USPOs, Glenwood Springs (CO) in collab. with Edward Chavez), Albion (NE), Anson (TX), Helper (UT).

Comments: She grew up in Colorado and spent 1940-45 with her sister Ethel Magafan (see entry) in California. They went to Woodstock in 1945, soon to be joined by her husband Edward Chavez (see entry).

Sources: WW47; Woodstock's Art Heritage, 112-113; Woodstock AA; Trenton, ed. Independent Spirits, 230-31; Falk, Exh. Record Series.