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The Stone City Art Colony and School 1932-1933 Margaret F. Triplett |
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Margaret F. Triplett (1905 - 1991) -- student Margaret Triplett, a painter and art teacher, was born in Vermillion, South Dakota in December 1905. She received a Bachelors degree from the State University of Iowa [University of Iowa] in 1927 and continued her art education at the prestigious School of the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, MA). Several summer sessions at the Art Students League (Boothbay Harbor, ME), the Thurn School of Modern Art (Gloucester, MA), and at the Stone City art colony finished her training. Triplett exhibited in Iowa at Buena Vista College (Storm Lake, IA), the state fair's Iowa Art Salon, and at the 1938 Iowa Artists Exhibit in Mount Vernon. She won the Dubuque Women's Club medal for "Bobbing Boats" and received honorable mentions at several Great Hall, Iowa State College showings (1930s). Triplett moved to Norwich, Connecticut and displayed her works at the Connecticut Academy (Norwich), the Central Connecticut Art Center (Marlborough, CT), and at Slater Memorial Museum (Norwich). In the late 1930s, Triplett taught at the Norwich Art School (Norwich, CT) and maintained a second home in Storm Lake, Iowa. She died in April 1991; her last residence is unknown. |
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When Tillage Begins: The Stone
City Art Colony and School Researcher & Author: Kristy Raine |
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