Biografie von Ella Koepke MEWHINNEY (1891-1975)

Birth place: Nelsonville, TX

Addresses: Holland, TX in 1962

Profession: Painter

Studied: Texas Presbyterian College, 1908, with Mollie Bishop; Am. Women's Lg. St. Louis, 1911; Chicago, 1913; ASL with Bridgman, 1919; Broadmoor Acad., Colorado Springs, with R. Davey, R. Reid, 1925.

Exhibited: SSAL, 1928 (prize), 1931 (prize); San Antonio, 1929 (prize, Davis competition); Texas Centenn.; Dallas Women's Forum, 1925; Texas FAA; Texas Exh., Chicago Century of Progress; Temple (TX) Arno Art Lg. (solo); Ney Mus., Austin, TX, (solo).

Member: SSAL; Texas FAA (trustee).

Work: Witte Mem. Mus.

Comments: Specialty: flowers, Texas landscapes. Taught art in Bartlett, TX, and lectured on art.

Sources: WW59; WW47; P&H Samuels, 322-23; Petteys, Dictionary of Women Artists, 493.