Gertrude Dansby

Artist Details

• First Name Gertrude
• Maiden Name Dansby
• Surname Dansby
• Spouse’s Full Name n/a
• Names and Birth Years of Children n/a
• Birth Date 1892
• Birth Place Decatur, Illinois
• Death Date October 20, 1920
• Death Place Cincinnati, Ohiol
• Ethnicity African-American
• Residence(s) Decatur, Illinois
• Active In Decatur, Illinois
• Training 1908-1910: Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois
  1911-1912: School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  
• Relevant Travel 1910: Paris, France for church conference
• Exhibitions History September 1912: fall festival, St. Peter’s A.M.E. Church, Decatur, Illinois
• Awards 1908: first prize in drawing from life at Millikin University,  Decatur, Illinois
  
  April 1909: best head, Art Contest, prize conferred by the James Millikin University,  Decatur, Illinois
  
  1910:  first prize, James Millikin University student prize winner,  Decatur, Illinois
• Other Occupation(s) 1916-1920: taught art and penmanship in Covington, Kentucky
• Biography Joseph Dansby, chiropodist (Mississippi October 14, 1848-January 10, 1914 Decatur, Illinois) and Mahala Cluke Dansby (?-1906)
  
  Siblings:  -- Ellsworth H. Dansby (August 19, 1890-April 24, 1959); married to Luella F. Rogan Dansby (January 24, 1897-1978); children Ellsworth Jr. and Gertrude (married John Cheeks, had twins Danny and Johnny in 1943)
  
  -- Mamie Clark, Cincinnati, Ohio
  
  -- Maude Russell, Terre Haute, Indiana
  
  Buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Decatur, Illinois