Juanita M. Jamison

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EDUCATION
Northwestern University. Fine Arts Academy
Evanston, Illinois
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Northeast Missouri State Teachers College
Kirksville, Missouri
GENDER
Female
RACE / ETHNICITY
White

Juanita Jamison was a painter who was born in Kirksville, Missouri.  She graduated from Northeast Missouri State Teachers College with a bachelor's of science.  She also attended the University of Chicago, Fine Arts Academy at Northwestern University and the School Applied Arts.  She studied under Walter Sargeant, Ernest Watson, Harry Jacobs, and Pedro Lemos.  Jamison worked as a Superintendent of Art in Kirksville, Missouri, in the 1930s and also in Burlington, Iowa.  She was a member of the Board of Art Association and participated in several exhibitions in Iowa winning an award in the Iowa Art Salon exhibition in 1936.

ACTIVE IN
MISSOURI
1930s / Kirksville
MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS
Board of Art Association

Awards & Exhibitions 9

1936
Iowa Art Salon
1938
Iowa Artists Exhibition
n.d.
Iowa State College Exhibition

Organized by Iowa State College

n.d.
Shrine Auditorium Exhibition

Organized by Shrine Auditorium

n.d.
Hotel Burlington Exhibition

Organized by Hotel Burlington

n.d.
Hotel Jefferson, Solo Exhibition

Organized by Hotel Jefferson

n.d.
Younker Galleries Exhibition

Organized by Younker Galleries

n.d.
Little Gallery Exhibition

Organized by Little Gallery

n.d.
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs Exhibition

Organized by Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs

1936
Award, Iowa Art Salon

References

Artist clippings file is available at:

Bibliography

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

“Florida, U.S., Arriving and Departing Passenger and Crew Lists, 1898-1963,” Ancestry, accessed September 3, 2021.


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

Amanda Harlan, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Artist Record Published

Published on September 20, 2021

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References

Artist clippings file is available at:

Bibliography

Select Sources

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

“Florida, U.S., Arriving and Departing Passenger and Crew Lists, 1898-1963,” Ancestry, accessed September 3, 2021.


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

Amanda Harlan, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Artist Record Published

Published on September 20, 2021

Updated on None

Citation

Harlan, Amanda. "Juanita M. Jamison." 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.