Hester Murray

Artist Details

• First Name Hester
• Middle Name Elizabeth
• Maiden Name Miller
• Surname Murray
• Spouse’s Full Name “Bert” Bertrand Michael J. Murray (1908-1964); married 1930
• Names and Birth Years of Children Hester Frances Murray Dragovich (1932-1996) Michael G. Murray (1937-1998)
• Birth Date September 12, 1903
• Birth Place Idaho Falls, Idaho
• Death Date September 1984
• Death Place Hagerman, Idaho
• Ethnicity Caucasian
• Residence(s) Wheaton, Illinois
  
  Chicago, Illinois
  
  Woodstock, New York
• Active In Wheaton, Illinois
  
  Chicago, Illinois
  
  Woodstock, New York
• Categories Metalworker, Printmaker
• Training School of the Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois
  student of Edgar Miller, Chicago, Illinois
  
• Subject(s) of Art Array
• Exhibitions History 1922?:  Art Directors’ Exhibition, Art Center
  
  1936-1938:  National Association of Women Painters & Sculptors
  
  September 14 - October 12, 1936:  New Horizons in American Art, Museum of Modern Art, New York; World of Children [1 mural panel], tempera; 3 mural panels for Irving School in Oak Park, oil on canvas; Buffalo at Night, tempera; poster for zoo
  
  1937:  Garfield Park Art Galleries, Chicago
  
  July 28 - October 9, 1938:  Art for the People by Chicago Artists of the Federal Art Project/WPA, Art Institute of Chicago
  
  1939:  International Water Color Exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago
  
  Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
  
  Phillips Gallery, Federal Art Project Exhibition
• Collections Crow Island School, Winnetka, Ilinois
  
  Western Illinois University Art Gallery, Macomb, Illinois
• Memberships National Association of Women Artists
  
  Woodstock (Illinois) Art Association
• Awards April 10 - May 1, 1919?:  National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors Medal, 29^th annual exhibition at the Fine Arts Building, New York
  
  honorable mention for figure, Art Directors' Awards, magazine division: Art Directors' Exhibition, Art Center, advertisement for Richardson Silk Company
• Other Occupation(s) Work Progress Administration
  
  Federal Arts Project
  
  commercial graphic design for Federal Advertising Agency