Background
Penney, James was born on September 6, 1910 in Saint Joseph, Missouri, United States. Son of John Rice and Laura Davis (Freel) Penney.
Penney, James was born on September 6, 1910 in Saint Joseph, Missouri, United States. Son of John Rice and Laura Davis (Freel) Penney.
1 son, James Avery.
; 1 son, James Avery. Married Rachel Seymour Bonner, May 30, 1953. Bachelor of Fine Arts, U. Kansas, 1931.
Student, Art Student’s League, New York City, 1931-1934. professor art Hamilton College, New York, 1948-1955, 56-74, Margaret Bundy Scott professor art, 1974-1976, emeritus, 1976-1982.
Guest instructor California College Arts and Crafts, 1960. Teacher art Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, 1948-1955, 79-81, also.
Vassar College Bennington College, Hunter College, U. Kansas One-man shows, Hudson Doctorate. Walker Gallery, New York City, 1939, Kraushaar Galleries, New York City, 1950, 54, 57, 61, 65, 69, 74, retrospective show, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York, 1955, 77-82, Utica College, 1972. Exhibited in group shows, Corcoran Gallery, Metropolitan Museum Art, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, University of Illinois annuals, U. Nebraska, Whitney Museum Brooklyn Museum, Carnegie Institute, Saint Louis Museum, others
Represented in over 40 public and music permanent collections including, Springfield (Massachusetts) Museum, New Britain Institute, Kansas State University, Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Des Moines Art Center., Murdock Collection, Wichita, Lehigh University, Fort Worth Art Center, Joslyn Museum, Omaha, 1967, and others
Executed murals, Hamilton College, Flushing High School, New York City, post offices, Union and Palmyra, Missouri. In vestibule State Capitol Building, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1963.
Member Art Student’s League New York City (life), Audubon Artists, Century Association, National Society Mural Painters, American Federation Art, National Academy of Design.
Married Frances Avery, 1941 (divorced 1950). Married Rachel Seymour Bonner, May 30, 1953.