Frances Cranmer Greenman, 1890-1981
Frances Cranmer Greenman was a well-known portrait painter who taught portraiture at the Minneapolis Institute of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago. She won many awards including the gold medal from the Corcoran School of Art (1908) and prizes from the Minneapolis Institute of Art in 1921-22. Her work hangs in museums, galleries, and private collections throughout the country.
In addition to her painting, Greenman was a columnist and author. She wrote a regular art column, "Frances Greenman Says," for the Minneapolis Tribune and her autobiography, Higher than the Sky, was published in 1954.
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27 March 2003