Farnham, Emily, 1912-

Dr. Emily Farnham (nee Farnum), born and raised in Kent, Ohio, was a painter and art historian recognized for her research on artists Charles Demuth and Hans Hofmann. Farnham studied at the Cleveland School of Art, received an undergraduate degree in education at Kent State University, and held both a M.A. in watercolor painting and a Ph.D. in the history of art from Ohio State University. Farnham taught at many universities during her forty year career including East Carolina University before retiring to Provincetown, Massachusetts where she died in 2004 at the age of ninety-one.

From the guide to the Emily Farnham papers, 1855-2004, (Kent State University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.)