Ann Kirn collection, 1939-1974 (inclusive).
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Florida State university
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The Florida State College for Women (FSCW) Artist Series began in 1923. Dean Ella Opperman was the first person in charge of organizing the series. The series was intended to bring renowned artists to FSCW. After FSCW became Florida State University (FSU), the FSU School of Music managed the series. However, in 1974 the FSU Artist Series Committee assumed control. Because of financial difficulties in the early 1990s, the Artist Series was briefly discontinued. The series was then entitled the "C...
Kirn, Ann
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Ann Kirn is a well known author-illustrator of books for children who also taught in the Fine Arts Department at FSU from 1944-1977. She grew up in Montgomery City, Missouri, and studied art at William Woods College, the University of Missouri, the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, and the University of California at Los Angeles and spent a summer painting in Taxco, Mexico. She received her B.A. and M.A. from Columbia University. Before becoming a professor of art ...
