Background
O’Gorman, Helen Fowler was born on August 29, 1904 in Superior, Wisconsin, United States. Daughter of Homer T. and Fannie Elizabeth (Alger) Fowler.
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Helen Fowler O’Gorman
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1 daughter, Florence May (Mistress Peter Doctorate. Ellis).
Career
;May (Mistress Peter Doctorate. Ellis). Married Juan O’Gorman, August 7, 1940;Elena (Mistress Bruce Wilson). Student, Bradford Junior College, 1922.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, U. Washington, 1925.
Postgraduate, Chouinard School Art, 1930-1931. Student of, Alexander Archipenko, 1931-1937.
Board of directors Botanical Gardens Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. Member board examiners, lectures, jurors and critics Institute Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico.
Exhibited sculpture in group shows, Los Angeles Museum, 1935, 36, 47th Annual Exhibition American Painting and Sculpture, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, 1936, 37, 38, New York World’s Fair, 1939, 40.
Exhibited paintings, Salon de Pintura, Mexico City, 1943, one-man show, Museo Nacional de Artes Plasticas, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico, 1953. Author: illustrator Mexican Flowering Trees and Plants, 1961, Plantas y Flores de Mexico, 1963. Designer jacket cover: for book Las Caetaceas de Mexico (Helia Bravo Hollis).
Contributor: articles to various publications The News, Mexico City, 1953-1956.
Achievements
Membership
Member board examiners, lectures, jurors and critics Institute Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico. Exhibited sculpture in group shows, Los Angeles Museum, 1935, 36, 47th Annual Exhibition American Painting and Sculpture, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, 1936, 37, 38, New York World’s Fair, 1939, 40. Member Sociedad Botanica de Mexico, Sociedad Mexicana de Cactologia, Asociacion Mexicana de Orquidelogia, Mexico City Garden.
Connections
Married Henry Coe Lanpher, December 13, 1926 (divorced 1939). Married Juan O’Gorman, August 7, 1940.
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American