GENERAL DESCRIPTION
By 1940, Socorro, located near El Paso, had become a major center for cotton production due to the creation of a dam in 1916 that changed the agricultural landscape. Here Frances Skinner avoids the current landscape of the city, concentrating instead on the natural and uncultivated topography of West Texas.
Born in Dallas, Skinner studied both at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Chouinard Institute in Los Angeles, the parent organization of the California Institute of the Arts. She also studied with the painter Everett Spruce. [Adapted from William Rudolph, 2008].
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William Keyse Rudolph, DMA label copy, 2008.
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Created 1940
Rebecca Singerman worked on this note.
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Skinner, Frances (American, 1902-1983)
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Place of origin and depicted location: Socorro (inhabited place/Texas): TGN: 2107733
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Oil on Masonite
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From 1940: Dallas Museum of Art, Museum League Prize, Eleventh Annual Dallas Allied Arts Exhibition, 1940 [1]
[1] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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- Frances Skinner taught drawing and painting at the Museum School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts of Houston.
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General Description
By 1940, Socorro, located near El Paso, had become a major center for cotton production due to the creation of a dam in 1916 that changed the agricultural landscape. Here Frances Skinner avoids the current landscape of the city, concentrating instead on the natural and uncultivated topography of West Texas.
Born in Dallas, Skinner studied both at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Chouinard Institute in Los Angeles, the parent organization of the California Institute of the Arts. She also studied with the painter Everett Spruce. [Adapted from William Rudolph, 2008].
Adapted from
William Keyse Rudolph, DMA label copy, 2008.
Fun Facts
- Frances Skinner taught drawing and painting at the Museum School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts of Houston.
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Notes
Created 1940
Rebecca Singerman worked on this note.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Skinner, Frances (American, 1902-1983)
Cultures
Geography
Place of origin and depicted location: Socorro (inhabited place/Texas): TGN: 2107733
Process/materials
Oil on Masonite
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
From 1940: Dallas Museum of Art, Museum League Prize, Eleventh Annual Dallas Allied Arts Exhibition, 1940 [1]
[1] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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