Horace Henry Foxall

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1918 -2004
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BORN
December 8, 1918
Dallas, Texas
DIED
December 11, 2004
Seattle, Washington
EDUCATION
University of Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City Art Institute
Kansas City, Missouri
GENDER
RACE / ETHNICITY
OCCUPATION
Teacher

Horace Henry Foxall was born on December 8, 1918 in Dallas, Texas. He studied art at the Kansas City Art Institute, the University of Kansas City, Wiley College, North Texas State College and the Dallas Museum of Fine Art School. Foxall graduated from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1952 with a bachelor's of fine arts in sculpture. He also studied art with Raoul Josset, Jose Martin and Octavio Medellin. 

Foxall served in the U.S. Army during World War II, beginning in 1942. He also taught art in the public schools in Dallas, Texas. At the George Washington Carver School in Dallas, he taught sculpture and arts and crafts. Horace Foxall died on December 11, 2004.

References

Artist clippings file is available at:

“Horace Henry Foxall: Artist File,” Spencer Art Reference Library, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri.

Bibliography

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“Horace Henry Foxall,” in Vic Roper, Texas Artists and Artisans 1718-1959: A Compilation of Artists, Sculptors, and Artisans Active in Texas Prior to 1960 (Clifton: Bosque Crossing, 2017), 1:339.

“Horace Henry Foxall,” in Dorothy B. Gilbert, Who’s Who in American Art (New York: R.R. Bowker Company, 1962), 204.

Southern Methodist University Libraries, Digital Collections, “Medellin School of Sculpture, Student at Work, Clay. Dallas, Tex.,” accessed August 7, 2021, https://digitalcollections.smu.edu/digital/collection/med/id/3756/.

Kansas City Art Institute, Alumni Directory (White Plains: Harris Pub. Co, 1998), 39.

Kansas City Art Institute, Alumni Directory (White Plains: Harris Pub. Co, 2006), 39.


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Unknown, Horace Henry Foxall, n.d.

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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:

“Horace Henry Foxall: Artist File,” Spencer Art Reference Library, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri.

Bibliography

Select Sources

“Horace Henry Foxall,” in Vic Roper, Texas Artists and Artisans 1718-1959: A Compilation of Artists, Sculptors, and Artisans Active in Texas Prior to 1960 (Clifton: Bosque Crossing, 2017), 1:339.

“Horace Henry Foxall,” in Dorothy B. Gilbert, Who’s Who in American Art (New York: R.R. Bowker Company, 1962), 204.

Southern Methodist University Libraries, Digital Collections, “Medellin School of Sculpture, Student at Work, Clay. Dallas, Tex.,” accessed August 7, 2021, https://digitalcollections.smu.edu/digital/collection/med/id/3756/.

Kansas City Art Institute, Alumni Directory (White Plains: Harris Pub. Co, 1998), 39.

Kansas City Art Institute, Alumni Directory (White Plains: Harris Pub. Co, 2006), 39.


Core Reference Sources

Contributors

Roberta Wagener, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Artist Record Published

Published on September 20, 2021

Updated on None

Citation

Wagener, Roberta. "Horace Henry Foxall." 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.