Mayna Treanor Avent | |
|---|---|
 Photo of Mrs. Avent c.1922 | |
| Born | September 17, 1868 Nashville, Tennessee |
| Died | January 2, 1959 (Aged 90) |
| Education |
Art Academy of Cincinnati Académie Julian |
| Occupation | Painter |
| Spouse | Frank Avent |
| Children | James Avent Mary Avent Adams |
| Parent(s) | Thomas O. Treanor Mary Andrews Treanor |
Mayna Treanor Avent (1868 — 1959) was an American painter.
Early life
Mayna Treanor Avent was born on September 17, 1868, in Nashville, Tennessee. [1] [2] [3]
Her father was Thomas O. Treanor and her mother, Mary Andrews Treanor. [1] She grew up at Tulip Grove, an antebellum mansion opposite Andrew Jackson's The Hermitage. [1] [2] She studied painting at the Cincinnati Art Academy in Cincinnati, Ohio and at the Académie Julian in Paris, France for two years. [1] [2] [4]
Career
Avent taught painting in Nashville, and exhibited her oil and watercolour paintings in Massachusetts, South Carolina and Tennessee. [1] [2] She often painted in what is now known as the Mayna Treanor Avent Studio on the Jake's Creek Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Elkmont, Tennessee. [5]
Avent was a member of the Nashville Studio Club, the Nashville Artists Guild, and the Centennial Club. [1] [2]
Personal life and Death
In 1891, she married Frank Avent, a lawyer for the State Railroad Commissioner from Murfreesboro, Tennessee. [1] [2] They had a son, James Avent (1895–1995). Avent spent her last three years with her son in Sewanee, Tennessee. [1] [2] She died on January 2, 1959. [1] [3]
External links
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Tennessee Portrait Project
- ^ a b c d e f g The South on Paper: Line, Color and Light, Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, 2000, p. 22 [1]
- ^ a b Lynn Barstis Williams, Imprinting the South: Southern Printmakers And Their Images of the Region, 1920s-1940s, Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 2007, p. 46 [2]
- ^ Carroll Van West, A history of Tennessee arts: creating traditions, expanding horizons, Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Press, 2004, p. 104 [3]
- ^ F. Carroll McMahan, Elkmont's Uncle Lem Ownby: Sage of the Smokies, The History Press, 2013, p. 58 [4]
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