Mildred Dora Shane
- BORN
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August 11, 1898
Kansas City, Missouri
- DIED
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July, 20, 1982
Tyler, Texas
- EDUCATION
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Manual Training High School
Kansas City, Missouri
Mildred Dora Shane was born on August 11, 1898 in Kansas City, Missouri. She attended Manual Vocational High School in Kansas City. There she was president of the Bonheur Society, a club that was organized to study art. While president, the society took several sketching trips to practice drawing. She also was involved with the Athena Society, a literary association, where she was the society artist for the group. In 1916, she graduated from Manual Vocational High School. After high school she continued to study art under Charles Anthony Wilimovsky, John Robinson Frazier, and Charles Webster Hawthorne. She died on July 20, 1982 in Tyler, Texas.
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References
Artist clippings file is available at:
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“1920 United States Federal Census for Mildred Shane,” Ancestry, accessed September 22, 2021.
“1910 United States Federal Census for Mildred Shane,” Ancestry, accessed September 22, 2021.
“Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002 for Mildred D Shane,” Ancestry, accessed September 22, 2021.
“U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1999 for Mildred Shane,” Ancestry, accessed September 22, 2021.
“Mildred Dora Shane Rubin,” Find A Grave, accessed September 22, 2021, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214353599/mildred-dora-rubin.
Sam Blain, “Research on Missouri Artists,” five binders of documented Missouri artists.
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).
Anita Jacobsen, Jacobsen's Biographical Index of American Artists (Carrollton: A.J. Publications, 2002).
Image Credits
Portrait of Artist
Unknown, Mildred Dora Shane, 1916.
Photograph.
Manual Vocational High School yearbook, Nautilus, 1916.
Contributors
Amanda Harlan, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Artist Record Published
Published on September 22, 2021
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References
Artist clippings file is available at:
Bibliography
Select Sources
“1920 United States Federal Census for Mildred Shane,” Ancestry, accessed September 22, 2021.
“1910 United States Federal Census for Mildred Shane,” Ancestry, accessed September 22, 2021.
“Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002 for Mildred D Shane,” Ancestry, accessed September 22, 2021.
“U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1999 for Mildred Shane,” Ancestry, accessed September 22, 2021.
“Mildred Dora Shane Rubin,” Find A Grave, accessed September 22, 2021, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214353599/mildred-dora-rubin.
Sam Blain, “Research on Missouri Artists,” five binders of documented Missouri artists.
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).
Anita Jacobsen, Jacobsen's Biographical Index of American Artists (Carrollton: A.J. Publications, 2002).
Contributors
Amanda Harlan, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Artist Record Published
Published on September 22, 2021
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