Grace Hemingway

Artist Details

• First Name Grace
• Maiden Name Hall
• Surname Hemingway
• Spouse’s Full Name Clarence Edmonds Hemingway
• Names and Birth Years of Children 6 children, including Ernest
• Birth Date June 15, 1872
• Birth Place Chicago, Illinois
• Death Date June 28, 1951
• Death Place Oak Park, Illinois
• Residence(s) 439 N Oak Park Ave, Oak Park, Illinois
  
  600 N Kenilworth Ave, Oak Park, Illinois
  
  551 Keystone Ave, River Forest, Illinois
• Active In Oak Park, Illinois
• Categories Painter-Oil
• Relevant Travel North Carolina
  
  Southwestern United States
  
  Nantucket, Massachusetts
  
  Walloon Lake, Michigan
• Subject(s) of Art Array
• Exhibitions History 1927: Austin, Oak Park and River Forest Art League, Oak Park, Illinois
  
  1938: Austin, Oak Park and River Forest Art League, Oak Park, Illinois [solo]
  
  1933, 1934: A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings & Sculpture, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  
  Oak Park 19th Century Woman's Club, Oak Park, Illinois [solo]
  
  Bayview, Michigan
  
  Marshall Field Galleries, Chicago, Illinois
  
  1937: All-Illinois Society of Fine Arts, Chicago, Illinois
• Collections Oak Park 19th Century Woman's Club, Oak Park, Illinois
• Memberships Austin/Oak Park/River Forest Art League, Oak Park, Illinois; director for 6 years
  
  All-Illinois Society of Fine Arts, Chicago, Illinois
  
  Chicago Society of Artists, Chicago, Illinois
  
  Michigan Arts
  
  National Society of Artists
• Awards 1937: 2nd Prize, Federation of Womens Clubs,
  
  1937:  Prize, All-Illinois Society of Fine Arts, Chicago, Illinois
• Other Occupation(s) opera singer
  
  music teacher
  
  writer
• Biography

  Grace Hall Hemingway, a native of Chicago, was first interested in music as a career. After training for grand opera, she was accepted for the Metropolitan, and made her debut in Madison Square Garden under the baton of Anton Seidl and the New York Symphony Orchestra.

  
  

  At the age of 52, she turned to painting and has held 30 one-man shows in many large cities. She is represented in France, India, China, England and South America, and in various libraries, hospitals, art and social centers.

  
  

       Has been a member of the Art League 18 years, serving as Director for six years. Is a member of the All-Illinois Society of The Fine Arts, Michigan Arts, National Society of Artists, Chicago Society of Artists. Is listed in American Women, 1937-38; Who’s Who in American Art, 1936-37; and New International Art. Has a studio building on the grounds of her residence.