Anna Petrick Allenbach

1898 -1971
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BORN
1898
Austin, Minnesota
DIED
January 8, 1971
Norwich, Connecticut
EDUCATION
Kansas City Art Institute
Kansas City, Missouri
Hinsdale Illinois Art Center
Hinsdale, Illinois
GENDER
Female
RACE / ETHNICITY
White

Anna Petrick Allenbach was born in 1890 in Austin, Minnesota. She studied art at the Hinsdale Illinois Art Center and at the Kansas City Art Institute. Allenbach lived in Kansas City in the 1930s, and was a member of the Kansas City Society of Artists. She exhibited her work in exhibitions presented by the society, and was its last elected president in 1936. In 1935, she was a part of the steering committee for the fourth annual Plaza Art Fair. 

Allenbach left Kansas City and moved to Cleveland, Ohio in 1937 where she continued to exhibit her work.

Allenbach died on January 8, 1971 in Norwich, Connecticut.

ACTIVE IN
MISSOURI
1930s / Kansas City
MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS
Cleveland Women Artists Club
Ohio Watercolor Society
Kansas City Society of Artists

Awards & Exhibitions 16

1933
Kansas City Society of Artists Exhibition

Organized by Kansas City Society of Artists

1933
Midwestern Artists' Exhibition

Organized by Kansas City Art Institute

1934
Kansas City Society of Artists Sweepstake Exhibition

Organized by Kansas City Society of Artists

1934
Pickwick Hotel Exhibition

Organized by Pickwick Hotel

1934
Kansas City Society of Artists Exhibition

Organized by Kansas City Society of Artists

1934
Kansas City Society of Artists Spring Exhibition

Organized by Kansas City Society of Artists

1935
Women’s City Club Exhibition

Organized by Women's City Club

1935
Kansas City Society of Artists Exhibition

Organized by Kansas City Society of Artists

1935
Midwestern Artists' Exhibition

Organized by Kansas City Art Institute

1936
Kansas City Society of Artists Sweepstake Exhibition

Organized by Kansas City Society of Artists

1936
Kansas City Society of Artists Exhibition

Organized by Kansas City Society of Artists

1937
Midwestern Artists' Exhibition

Organized by Kansas City Art Institute

1938
Cleveland Women’s Art Club Annual Exhibition

Organized by Cleveland Women Artists Club

1938
Ohio Watercolor Society Travelling Exhibition

Organized by Ohio Watercolor Society

1939
Cleveland Women’s Art Club Annual Exhibition

Organized by Cleveland Women Artists Club

1939
Ohio Watercolor Society Travelling Exhibition

Organized by Ohio Watercolor Society

1935
Award, Midwestern Artists' Exhibition

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References

Artist clippings file is available at:

“Anna Petrick Allenbach: Artist File.” Spencer Art Reference Library, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri

Bibliography

Select Sources

Sam Blain, “Research on Missouri Artists,” five binders of documented Missouri artists.

“In Gallery and Studio: News and Views of the Week in Art,” Kansas City Star, June 25, 1937, 17.

“Art,” Kansas City Times, November 5, 1934, 8.

“In Gallery and Studio,” Kansas City Star, November 18, 1933, 12.

“In Gallery and Studio,” Kansas City Star, September 7, 1934, 30.

“In Gallery and Studio,” Kansas City Star, December 13, 1935, 26.

“In Booths for Art Fair,” Kansas City Star, August 28, 1935, 9.


Core Reference Sources

askART (database), askART, https://www.askart.com/.

Anita Jacobsen, Jacobsen's Biographical Index of American Artists (Carrollton: A.J. Publications, 2002).

Peter H. Falk, et. al, Who was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America (Madison: Sound View Press, 1999).

Contributors

Roberta Wagener, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Artist Record Published

Published on September 20, 2021

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References

Artist clippings file is available at:

“Anna Petrick Allenbach: Artist File.” Spencer Art Reference Library, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri

Bibliography

Select Sources

Sam Blain, “Research on Missouri Artists,” five binders of documented Missouri artists.

“In Gallery and Studio: News and Views of the Week in Art,” Kansas City Star, June 25, 1937, 17.

“Art,” Kansas City Times, November 5, 1934, 8.

“In Gallery and Studio,” Kansas City Star, November 18, 1933, 12.

“In Gallery and Studio,” Kansas City Star, September 7, 1934, 30.

“In Gallery and Studio,” Kansas City Star, December 13, 1935, 26.

“In Booths for Art Fair,” Kansas City Star, August 28, 1935, 9.


Core Reference Sources

askART (database), askART, https://www.askart.com/.

Anita Jacobsen, Jacobsen's Biographical Index of American Artists (Carrollton: A.J. Publications, 2002).

Peter H. Falk, et. al, Who was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America (Madison: Sound View Press, 1999).

Contributors

Roberta Wagener, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Artist Record Published

Published on September 20, 2021

Updated on None

Citation

Wagener, Roberta. "Anna Petrick Allenbach." In Missouri Remembers: Artists in Missouri through 1951. Kansas City: The Kansas City Art Institute and The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; St. Louis: The St. Louis Public Library, 2021, https://doi.org/10.37764/5776.