Helen Corlett

Artist Details

• First Name Helen
• Middle Name Katherine
• Maiden Name Ehrman
• Surname Corlett
• Spouse’s Full Name Webster David Corlett (August 3, 1891-May 1971; married May 29, 1917 Fourth president Standard Screw in Chicago. He joined the company during World War I and by 1925 was responsible for all manufacturing. He became president in 1945 and retired as chairman of the board in 1964. For four decades he dictated manufacturing policy. Corlett could also claim responsibility for the Chicago operation's specialization in engine tappets and for acquiring the Moen single-handle faucet. In 1949 Corlett announced a dramatic turn in company direction. Standard Screw would de-emphasize the highly competitive general screw machine products to concentrate more on a new type of injection pump for diesel engines, textile spindles, a new line of furniture fasteners, and automotive valve tappets.
• Names and Birth Years of Children W.D. (David Jr.) Corlett (May 27, 1918-July 3, 1998) Barbara Corlett (September 4, 1921-July 5, 2002) Helen Corlett Higgins (circa 1925-?) Edwin H. Corlett (circa 1931-?)
• Birth Date July 7, 1893
• Birth Place Oak Park, Illinois
• Death Date May 4, 1978
• Death Place Oak Park, Illinois
• Residence(s) Ashland Ave., Oak Park, Illinois
• Active In Oak Park, Illinois
• Categories Painter-Oil, Watercolorist
• Training graduate of Oak Park High School, Oak Park, Illinois
  Lasell College
  School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  1916: Church School of Art, Chicago, Illinois
  Student of Helen Beach, Anita Burnham, Edmund Giesbert, and Albert Krehbiel
   
  
• Exhibitions History One-woman shows, Saugatuck Art Gallery, Saugatuck, Michigan
  
  Cordon Club, Chicago, Illinois
  
  December 1945: Austin, Oak Park and River Forest Art League
  
  May 25-?, 2008: 13 Moments in Time: The Artist as Storyteller, Saugatuck-Douglas Historical Society Museum, Saugatuck, Michigan
• Memberships Allied Arts; officer
  
  All-Illinois Society of Fine Arts, Chicago, Illinois
  
  Audubon Society
  
  Austin/Oak Park/River Forest Art League, Oak Park, Illinois
  
  Cordon Club, Chicago, Illinois
  
  Garden Club of Oak Park and River Forest
  
  Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest, Oak Park, Illinois
  
  Oak Park Country Club, Oak Park, Illinois
  
  Nineteenth Century Club; chairman of art department
  
  Save-the-Dunes
• Biography Parents: Edwin Hart Ehrman (?-June 13, 1946) and Wilhelmina Elisabeth Schlund Ehrman (November 22, 1868/7-July 1950; buried Forest Home (IL) Cemetery); married October 14, 1891
  
  Sibling:  Wilhelmina Corlett
  
  Talented at crewel embroidery