biographie de Fannie HILLSMITH (1911-?)
Birth place: Boston, MA
Addresses: NYC/Jaffrey, NH
Profession: Painter, teacher
Studied: BMFA School; ASL, with Alexander Brook, Kuniyoshi, Zorach, and Sloan; Atelier 17, with Stanley Hayter.
Exhibited: Salons of Am., 1935; AIC, 1947, 1949; Boston Arts Festival, 1950-54 , 1956-61; Corcoran Gal, 1955, 1957; Berkshire Art Assn., 1956-58, 1964 (prize); Cornell Univ., 1964; Brockton Mus., MA, 1971 (retrospective); Bristol Mus., RI, 1972; WMAA. Awards: alumni traveling scholar, BMFA School, 1958; Tour Gallery Award, 1964
Member: Art Educ. Assn.
Work: MMA; BMFA; Currier Gallery Art, Manchester, NH; Fogg Mus. Art, Cambridge, MA; Newark Mus. Art, NJ
Comments: Teaching: visiting critic, Cornell Univ., 1963-64.
Sources: WW73; Diamond, Thirty-Five American Modernists