Frances Ridgely

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Artist Details

  • Frances
  • Summers
  • Ridgely
  • J.A. Ridgely
  • August 22, 1892
  • Curran, Illinois
  • Ocrober 6, 1978
  • Springfield, Illinois
  • 1037 Woodland Ave., Springfield, Illinois
  • Springfield, Illinois
  • Illustrator, Painter-Oil
  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  • 1953: Europe

    Mexico
  • Springfield Art Association, Springfield, Illinois

    Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois
  • Springfield Art Association, Springfield, Illinois

    National League of Pen Women

    Vachel Lindsay Association
  • 1929-?: Staff artist, Illinois State Museum, Sprinfield, Illinois

    1941-1963: Art curator, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois

    Writer and lecturer

    illustrator of children’s books

    authored Animalitos, 1960 and A City is Not Builded in a Day, 1969