Helen De Wilton Bedford
- BORN
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November 12, 1904
Columbia, Missouri
- DIED
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March 27, 1981
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
- EDUCATION
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University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New MexicoColumbia University. Teachers College
New York, New YorkUniversity of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, Missouri
Helen De Wilton Bedford was born on November 12, 1904, in Columbia, Missouri. She received her bachelor's of science degree in art and home economics from the University of Missouri, Columbia, in 1925. She earned her master's in art in 1931 at the Teachers College of Columbia University in New York City. She also did additional studies at the University of New Mexico in 1952.
Bedford began teaching at Southeast Missouri State University in 1925. She taught ceramics, crafts and art education, and was the head of the Art Department from 1925-1972. She was a member of and a sponsor for the scholarship committee for Kappa Pi, the national honorary art fraternity, from 1962-1970. She also was a contributor to Missouri Art Magazine.
Helen De Wilton Bedford died on March 27, 1981.
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References
Artist clippings file is available at:
“Helen De Wilton Bedford: Artist File,” Spencer Art Reference Library, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
Bibliography
Select Sources
Sam Blain, “Research on Missouri Artists,” five binders of documented Missouri artists.
“Helen De Wilton Bedford,” in Who’s Who in American Art, ed. Dorothy Gilbert (New York: R.R. Bowker Company, 1973): 45-46.
“Helen De Wilton Bedford,” in Who’s Who in American Art, ed. Dorothy Gilbert (New York: R.R. Bowker Company, 1970): 26.
“Helen De Wilton Bedford,” in Who’s Who in American Art, ed. Dorothy Gilbert (New York: R.R. Bowker Company, 1947): 47.
“Faculty Member to Be Honored at Cape,” The Daily Standard (Sikeston, Missouri), July 29, 1970, 20.
Core Reference Sources
Peter H. Falk, et. al, Who was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America (Madison: Sound View Press, 1999).
Image Credits
Portrait of Artist
Unknown, Helen De Wilton Bedford, 1955.
Photograph.
Included in Sagamore (Cape Girardeau: Missouri: Southeast Missouri State College, 1955) 16.
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:
“Helen De Wilton Bedford: Artist File,” Spencer Art Reference Library, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
Bibliography
Select Sources
Sam Blain, “Research on Missouri Artists,” five binders of documented Missouri artists.
“Helen De Wilton Bedford,” in Who’s Who in American Art, ed. Dorothy Gilbert (New York: R.R. Bowker Company, 1973): 45-46.
“Helen De Wilton Bedford,” in Who’s Who in American Art, ed. Dorothy Gilbert (New York: R.R. Bowker Company, 1970): 26.
“Helen De Wilton Bedford,” in Who’s Who in American Art, ed. Dorothy Gilbert (New York: R.R. Bowker Company, 1947): 47.
“Faculty Member to Be Honored at Cape,” The Daily Standard (Sikeston, Missouri), July 29, 1970, 20.
Core Reference Sources
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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