Georgia Miner

Artist Details

• First Name Georgia
• Maiden Name Watson
• Surname Miner
• Spouse’s Full Name Lewis H. Miner (1860-December 18, 1925 Springfield, Illinois)
• Names and Birth Years of Children Alice S. Miner (1905-1991)
• Birth Date April 4, 1876
• Birth Place Springfield, Illinois
• Death Date July 25, 1926
• Death Place Springfield, Illinois
• Residence(s) 1923: 1717 S. 6^th St., Springfield, Illinois
  
  summers:  Old Mission, Michigan
• Active In Springfield, Illinois
• Categories Ceramicist, Painter-Oil
• Training Student of C.A. Herbert
  Student of Dawson Dawson-Watson; British-born Impressionist painter; to US in 1893;  taught in Hartford, CT., St. Louis, and San Antonio, TX; exhibited in Chicago
  Student of Mabel Dibble (5324 Washington Ave., Chicago, Illinois)
  Student of Matilda Middleton (Atheneum Bldg., Chicago, Illinois)
  
• Exhibitions History possibly 1915 and 1917 Illinois State Fairs: textiles, “Amateur Art” and decorated china
  
  1918: Illinois State Centennial Celebration,
• Memberships Chicago Art Guild, Chicago, Illinois
  
  Springfield Art Association, Springfield, Illinois
• Awards 1899: Second place, figure painting on china
  
  1918: Award, Illinois State Centennial Celebration, for best painting and work in ceramics
  
   
• Biography oldest of 7 kids of Charles F. Watson (1827-1892) & Samantha Ann White Watson (1853-1928)