Ames, Jean Goodwin, 1903-1986

Jean Goodwin Ames, painter, muralist, sculptor and ceramicist, was born and raised in Santa Ana, Calif. She first studied art at the Art Institute of Chicago and received a B.A. from U.C.L.A. in 1931 and a Masters in Fine Arts from U.S.C. in 1937. She taught art at Citrus Hish School and Junior College from 1933-1936 and at Scripps College and Claremont Graduate School from 1940-1969. Jean and her husband, fellow artist Arthur Forbes Ames, collaborated on numerous murals for the W.P.A. Her tapestries and mosaics decorate buildings throughout Southern California.

From the description of Jean and Arthur Ames scrapbook collection, 1929-1980 (bulk 1929-1974). (Claremont Colleges Library). WorldCat record id: 172944979