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1940's Aileen Shannon Oil Painting
Las Cruces Artist
Signed Lower Left, Dated 1949
Gilt Frame

Aileen Shannon
Courtesy of Hawthorne Fine Art
(1888-1964)
Aileen Phillips Shannon was born on March 12, 1888 in Amite County, Mississippi to Ella Arminda Gill and Logan Phillips, a business man. Little is known of Shannon’s early life but sources reveal that Shannon studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts under William Merritt Chase (1849- 1916). In 1908 she left Philadelphia to continue her studies in Europe where she traveled to Antwerp and Paris. She further studied in Chicago and took portrait classes in Taxco, Mexico with Wayman Adams (1883-1959).

By the early 1930’s Shannon had married Logan Phillips, a prominent lawyer, and was living in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Together they had five children. Their eldest daughter Aileen was a skilled artist and like her mother studied in Chicago. In 1933, Shannon organized an exhibit in Las Cruces at the W.I.A. library (Women’s Improvement Association) including works by El Paso and other local artists. Shannon’s own work in the exhibit included floral subjects titled “Blossom Time” and “Ocatillo Blossoms” and a figurative work titled “Patsy Girolamo”.

Although a non-member, Shannon’s painting “Pete of Taos” was included in the 46th annual exhibition of the Society of Washington Artists exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in 1937. The same year, Shannon’s portrait of her son in his drum major uniform titled “Tasco” was on the cover of Mexico Magazine. In 1938, Shannon’s painting “Indian Princess” was chosen to represent New Mexico at the Penny Art Fund exhibition held in conjunction with the Third National Exhibition of American Art in New York.


Condition:
Good, Some Touched Up Areas On Gilt Frame.

Size:
Overall: 20" X 23"
Visible: 16" X 20"