biografia di Frances Mizelle WATFORD (1915)

Birth place: Thomasville, GA

Addresses: Dothan, AL

Profession: Painter, instructor

Studied: Hilton Leech Art Sch., summers 1952-59; Sarasota Sch. Art, Portas Studio & Ringling Sch. Art, FL, summers 1959-64; special workshop with Dong Kingman, Columbus, GA, 1966; Famous Artist Sch. (grad., 1969).

Exhibited: Dothan-Wiregrass Art Lg., 1961-68; Bienniale Int. Vichy, France, 1964; Honored Exh., Birmingham, AL, 1966; Arts & Crafts Festival Dothan, 1971-72; Montgomery Mus. FA, 1961 (solo), Dothan, 1961 (solo), 1964 (solo) & 1970 (solo) & Columbus (GA) Mus. Arts & Crafts, 1966 (solo). Awards: purchase awards, 1958-61 & 1959 & Cline Award, 1966, Alabama Art Lg,; dipl. d'honneur, Bienniale Vichy, 1964.

Member: Alabama Art Lg. (regional vice-pres., 1963-67); Alabama WCS (regional vice-pres., 1956); Arts & Crafts Festival Dothan (receiving comt., 1971-72).

Work: Montgomery (AL) Mus. FA; Birmingham (AL) Mus. Art; Houston Mem. Lib., Dothan, AL; Dothan (AL) H.S. Gal. Commissions: portraits, private collections, Dothan, 1958 & 1962, Elba, AL, 1960 & 1964 & Graceville, FL, 1960; murals, private collections, Dothan, 1964-66

Comments: Preferred media: watercolors, acrylics, oils. Positions: dir., Attic Gal., Dothan, 1958-. Teaching: Frances Watford Studio, Dothan, 1949-. Specialty of gallery: paintings in all media.

Sources: WW73; L'Art à L'…tranger," (October, 1963) & "En Province" (January, 1965), La RÈvue Moderne; Grace Burges, "Student Showcase," Famous Artists Magazine (November, 1971)."