Halcyone Drennan Barnes
Born
Halcyone Freed

March 31, 1913
DiedApril 9, 1988
Resting placeWoodlawn Cemetery, Summit, Mississippi, U.S.
OccupationArtist
SpouseJoe Barnes

Halcyone Barnes (March 31, 1913 – April 9, 1988) was an American collage artist and watercolor painter.

Life

Barnes was born on March 31, 1913, in Dallas, Texas.[1]

Barnes became a collage artist and watercolor painter.[1] In the 1960s, she exhibited her artwork with Bess Phipps Dawson and Ruth Atkinson Holmes; the three women artists became known as the "Summit Trio".[2] The three housewives were trained by Roy Schultz at Summit Junior College.[3]

Barnes married Joe Barnes. She died on April 9, 1988, in Summit, at age 75, and she was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Noted Artist Halcyone Barnes dies". Enterprise-Journal. McComb, Mississippi. April 10, 1988. p. 1. Retrieved February 15, 2020 via Newspapers.com.
  2. Black, Patti Carr (2007). The Mississippi Story. Jackson, Mississippi: Mississippi Museum of Art. pp. 37–38. ISBN 9781887422147. OCLC 86090473.
  3. Luter, Nell (July 3, 1988). "Summit Trio only looked like housewives". Clarion-Ledger. Jackson, Mississippi. p. 63. Retrieved February 15, 2020 via Newspapers.com.


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