John Sites Ankeney

Background

Ankeney, John Sites was born on April 21, 1870 in Xenia, Ohio, United States. Son of John Sites and Margaret Edelia (Hutchison) Ankeney.

Education

Art education, Art Students League, New York, 1889-1890, 1892-1893, Paris, 1893, 94, 95, 1903-1904, Europe, 1905, 08, 12, Summer School, Harvard, 1901, 14. Bachelor of Arts, University of Missouri, 1906. Doctor of Letters, Bethany College, 1926.

Career

Stepson, Richard Gentry Tindall, brigadier general, United States Army. Instructor in art, University of Missouri, 1901, assistant professor, 1905, associate professor, 1911, professor, 1913-1935, on leave, 1929-1935, retired, 1935. Director and curator Dallas (Texas) Museum of Fine Arts, 1929-1934.

Regional director for Public Works Art Project, Oklahoma and Texas, 1933-1934.

Member of advisory commission on decoration Post Office and Justice buildings, Washington, District of Columbia, 1935, and Department of Interior Building, 1936. Professor fine arts and head of department, Louisiana State University, 1935-1937.

Republican in collections of University of Missouri. Lindenwood College, Saint Charles, Missouri.

Smoky River Art Club, Lindsborg, Kansas.

Carl Milles College, Cranbrook, Michigan. Mistress Leslie M. Maitland College, Estes Park, Colorado, and Los Los Angeles Mistress Massey Holmes’ Collection, Kansas City, Missoury.

Achievements

• John Sites Ankeney has been listed as a notable art educator, painter. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Art Common for Central West, Panama-Pacific Exposition, 1915. Member American honorary committee, Fontainebleau (France) School Fine Arts, since 1923. Member American advisory committee, International Congress Art Education, London, 1908.

Member Western Arts Association (treasurer 1901-1902.

Clubs: National Arts of New York (artist.

Connections

Married Mistress.

Father:

John Sites Ankeney

Mother:

Margaret Edelia (Hutchison) Ankeney

Spouse:

Mistress