Background
McIlvain, Frances H. was born on May 11, 1925 in Newark. Daughter of Frank Earl Haines and Edith Lewis Braddock.
artist art gallery director art educator
McIlvain, Frances H. was born on May 11, 1925 in Newark. Daughter of Frank Earl Haines and Edith Lewis Braddock.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Temple University, 1946. Bachelor of Science in Education, Temple University, 1947. Postgraduate, Phil. Museum of Art, 1950.
Postgraduate, Tyler School of Art, Rome, 1966.
Art teacher, Rancocas Valley Regional High School, Mount Holly, New Jersey, 1947-1953; staff artist, Halsted and Van Vechten, Red Bank, New Jersey, 1953-1963; art teacher, Tinton Falls (New Jersey) Schools, 1963-1983; president, New Jersey Watercolor Society, 1992-1994. Vice president Guild of Creative Art, Shrewsbury, New Jersey, since 1983.
Member American Watercolor Society, Friends of Arts and Sciences, Garden State Watercolor Society, Longboat Key Art Center (volunteer), International Society Experimental Artists (volunteer).
Married Douglas Lee McIlvain, February 7, 1948. Children: Bonnie W. Werse, James Douglas.