Florence E. Ware

Florence E. Ware
Born (1891-05-06)May 6, 1891
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Died November 11, 1972(1972-11-11) (aged 81)
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Florence Ellen Ware (1891 - 1972) was an American artist from Utah. She was a painter and a professor of art at the University of Utah for 25 years.[1] She is well known for her murals, sponsored by the WPA and painted in the university's Kingsbury Hall in 1936.[1]

Life and Work

Ware was born in Salt Lake City, Utah.[2] Her father was architect Walter E. Ware and her mother was Jennie M. Hartley. Her early life included an education in varied arts. She attended the University of Utah, and then the Art Institute of Chicago.[3] Ware began teaching at the University of Utah in 1918.[1]

Ware died in Salt Lake City in 1972.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gagon, Dave (13 March 2005). "An Artist Remembered". Deseret News. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "Ware, Florence Ellen". Springville Museum of Art. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  3. 1 2 de Jong Anderson, Carma Rose. "Florence E. Ware". Utah Artists Project. The University of Utah. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
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