Jenne Magafan

Jenne Magafan
Born1916
Chicago, IL
Died1952 (aged 35–36)[1]
Albany, NY
EducationBroadmoor Art Academy in Colorado Springs
Known forPainting
Notable workCowboy Dance, A Typical Western Town, S.F. Ruins No. 1, The Windmill
Study for Cowboy Dance (1941), Magafan's mural at the U.S. post office in Anson, Texas

Jenne Magafan (1916-1952) was an American painter and muralist. During her short-lived career, she became a successful mural painter in the 1930s and early 1940s. She gained national prominence for her work in the New Deal art program. Her twin sister Ethel Magafan was also a muralist.[2]

Her 1941 mural Cowboy Dance is located in the Anson, Texas, post office.[3] Her work is also included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[1] the Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art[4] and the Carnegie Museum of Art.[5]

She died of a brain aneurysm in 1952, aged 36, at Albany Hospital.[2][6][4]

  1. ^ a b "Jenne Magafan | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu.
  2. ^ a b "Colorado & Regional Artworks". Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art.
  3. ^ "Catch the Pioneer Spirit" (PDF).
  4. ^ a b "Evening Light by Jenne Magafan | oil on paperboard". Kirkland Museum.
  5. ^ "CMOA Collection". collection.cmoa.org.
  6. ^ "Jenne Magafan (1916-1952)". David Cook Galleries.