Person:Frances Davis (9)

Whittemore, Frances Dean Davis (Mrs. Luther Denny Whittemore). b. Decatur, IL, 1857; d. Topeka, Dec. 22, 1951. Painter. Writer. Teacher. Studied at Art Students League of NY, at the Art Institute of Chicago, and in Washington. Pupil of J. Alden Weir, Kenyon Cox, Walter Shirlaw, Frederick W. Freer. She was a supervisor of public school drawing in Evanston, IL when she fell in love with Luther Denny Whittemore, a young Latin professor from Washburn College, Topeka. After marriage, they moved to Topeka in 1893. There was virtually no art instruction at Washburn College so she gave instruction in drawing and painting. In 1901, the courses in drawing and painting were listed separately in the college catalog for the first time. Before World War I, she spent two summers in Europe. Became director of the art department at Washburn College in 1913 and retired in1929. Credited with organizing the Topeka Art Guild and the establishment of the Mulvane Art Museum where she served as director. Author of George Washington in Sculpture (1933). Member: California Art Assoc.; Washington Art Club; Topeka Art Guild. Exhibitions: Topeka Public Library. AAA27; Reinbach; Newlin; A &C KS; Fielding; AAA19/ 20/ 22/ 24; Kansas City J 3/14 1927; Dawdy 2; WWAA 1; Collins; AskArt, www.askart.com, accessed Dec. 28, 2005..

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2.   memorial 223891793, in Find A Grave
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