Education
She attended the Minneapolis (Minnesota) School of Fine Art and the Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri. She was a student of Anthony Angarola.
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Miriam McKinnie
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Murals were produced from 1934 to 1943 in the United States through the Section of Painting and Sculpture, later called the Section of Fine Arts, of the Treasury Department. The murals were intended to boost the morale of the American people suffering from the effects of the Depression by depicting uplifting subjects. Murals were commissioned through competitions open to all artists in the United States.
Almost 850 artists were commissioned to paint 1371 murals, most of which were installed in post offices, libraries, and other public buildings.
162 of the artists were women. The murals were funded as a part of the cost of the construction with 1% of the cost set aside for artistic enhancements.
Miriam McKinnie"s mural work includes the oil on canvas mural titled Harvest in the Marshall, Illinois post office, commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts, and completed in 1938. McKinnie painted a World Pet Association commissioned mural in 1940 titled The White Fawn in the United States post office in the Forest Park, Illinois.
The Edwardsville, Illinois public library contains four untitled murals donated by Miriam McKinnie in 1958 after a fire had destroyed some of the library"s interior.
Street Louis, Missouri Artist Guild, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933 Midwestern Exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute, 1932. Street Louis, Missouri Post Dispatch Exhibit, 1933. National Association of Women Painters & Sculptors, 1935, 1937, 1939.
Biennial, Corcoran Gallery, Washington, District of Columbia, 1947.
Achievements
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Prizes, Street Louis, Missouri Arts Guild, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933 Silver medal/lithography, Kansas City (Missouri) Art Institute, 1932 Honorable Mention/lithography, Kansas City Art Institute, 1932. Niedringhaus Prize for lithography, 1933 Prize, Street Louis Missouri Dispatch Exhibit. Prizes, National Association of Women Painters & Sculptors, New York City, 1935, 1937, 1939.
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Born
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October 22, 1987 (aged 81) -
Nationality
United States
Awards
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Prizes, St Louis, Missouri Arts Guild, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933 Silver medal/lithography, Kansas City (MO) Art Institute, 1932 Honorable Mention/lithography, Kansas City Art Institute, 1932. Niedringhaus Prize for lithography, 1933 Prize, St Louis Missouri Dispatch Exhibit. Prizes, National Association of Women Painters & Sculptors, New York City, 1935, 1937, 1939Prizes, St Louis, Missouri Arts Guild, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933 Silver medal/lithography, Kansas City (MO) Art Institute, 1932 Honorable Mention/lithography, Kansas City Art Institute, 1932. Niedringhaus Prize for lithography, 1933 Prize, St Louis Missouri Dispatch Exhibit. Prizes, National Association of Women Painters & Sculptors, New York City, 1935, 1937, 1939