Emma Lois Craig Allen
- BORN
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February 9, 1861
Vernon, Indiana
- DIED
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March 17, 1946
Orange, New Jersey
- EDUCATION
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St. Louis School of Fine Arts, Washington University
Saint Louis, Missouri
Emma Lois Craig Allen was a painter and teacher. She was born on February 9, 1861, in Vernon, Indiana. She moved to St. Louis to attend the St. Louis School of Fine Arts at Washington University in 1883, and was married to John H. Allen in Colorado in 1884.
Allen was a lifelong educator, and served as assistant director of Campbell’s School of Fine Arts in St. Louis. Allen and her husband relocated to Orange, New Jersey in 1911, where she established a private studio and taught some forty students.
A highlight of Allen’s career was when she exhibited reproductions of historically famous paintings commissioned by the Navy at the New York World’s Fair in 1939. Allen died in New Jersey on March 17, 1946.
World's Fair, New York
Organized by New York World's Fair Corporation
Organized by New York World's Fair Corporation
Awards & Exhibitions 1
World's Fair, New York
Organized by New York World's Fair Corporation
Organized by New York World's Fair Corporation
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References
Artist clippings file is available at:
“Emma Lois Craig Allen: Artist File.” St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis, Missouri
Bibliography
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).
St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis Art History Project: Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Artists (St. Louis: St. Louis Public Library, 1989).
askART (database), askART, https://www.askart.com/.
Contributors
John Knuteson, St. Louis Public Library
Artist Record Published
Published on September 20, 2021
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References
Artist clippings file is available at:
“Emma Lois Craig Allen: Artist File.” St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis, Missouri
Bibliography
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).
St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis Art History Project: Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Artists (St. Louis: St. Louis Public Library, 1989).
askART (database), askART, https://www.askart.com/.
Contributors
John Knuteson, St. Louis Public Library
Artist Record Published
Published on September 20, 2021
Updated on None
