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| Frances Beem, Senn HS Yearbook 1936 |
Frances
M. Beem was born in Illinois on May 5, 1881. Her father was born in Indiana and
her mother in either Indiana or Wisconsin. She had one brother, Jacob Darrel
Beem, at retail shoe salesman. In a list of Illinois artists, her name is
listed as Frances Mae Beem with an unknown birthday and “After 1956 Chicago?”
as her death date.
Her
training in art is unknown but she did exhibit three watercolor illustrations
at The Twentieth Annual Exhibition of the Arts Students’ League December 12-29,
1912 in Chicago.
Frances
Beem is listed in the catalogue of the Seventh Annual Exhibition by the Chicago
Society of Miniature Painters that was held at the Art Institute of Chicago,
February 13- March 30, 1919. Her address is recorded as 4310 Sheridan Rd,
Chicago. Her three displayed works were:
Alice Drake Eames- lent by Mrs. Jean Eames
Bliss
Captain O.E. Eames- lent by Mrs. Jean Eames
Bliss
Melville C. Eames
She
is listed in Who Was Who in American Art. Compiled from the original
thirty-four volumes of American Art Annual: Who’s Who is Art, Biographies of
American Artists Active from 1898-1947. Edited by Peter Hastings Falk. Madison,
CT: Sound View Press 1985. (WhAmArt 1)
She can also be found in Jacobsen's Biographical Index of American Artists. Artists native to the United States or working in the United States from 1606 to 2002. Four volumes. Edited by Anita Jacobsen, Carrollton, TX: AJ Publications, 2002. (JacBIAA)
She can also be found in Jacobsen's Biographical Index of American Artists. Artists native to the United States or working in the United States from 1606 to 2002. Four volumes. Edited by Anita Jacobsen, Carrollton, TX: AJ Publications, 2002. (JacBIAA)
Frances
has an MD after her name for several of her published works. It is assumed that
she earned a Doctorate in Art or Drawing. She published a textbook with another
person about teaching technical perspective drawing to beginning high school
students.
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| Frances Beem, Senn HS Yearbook 1938 |
She
taught high school art and drawing from 1917 to 1946 at Nicholas Senn High
School, a public 4–year high school located in
the Edgewater neighborhood on the North Side of Chicago,
Illinois.
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| Nicholas Senn High School, Chicago, Illinois |
When Frances Beem retired from teaching, she moved to La
Jolla, California where she lived for several years. She passed away in San
Diego, California on November 10, 1971 at the age of 90. She was then buried in
the Mount Hope Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States of
America.
