| 词条 | Caroline Russell Compton |
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| name = Caroline Russell Compton | image = Caroline Compton, Vicksburg artist.jpg | caption = Caroline Compton in 1963 | birth_date = {{birth date|1907|01|10}}[1] | birth_place = Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi | death_date = {{death date and age|1987|08|01|1907|01|10}} | death_place = Vicksburg, Mississippi | occupation = artist }}Caroline Russell Compton (January 10, 1907 − August 1, 1987) was a noted Mississippi artist.[2] Her paintings are part of the permanent collection in the Mississippi Museum of Art.[3] BiographyCaroline Compton was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Thomas Wilbur Compton and Kate Russell Compton. She had two older sisters – Catherine (born 1901) and Mary (born 1902); an older brother – Thomas (born 1904); and a younger brother – Joseph (born 1908). Education and careerCaroline Compton attended high school at All Saints' Junior College in Vicksburg and began her career as an artist after graduating from Sweet Briar College.[1][4] From 1927 to 1929, she attended New York's Grand Central School of Art. In the 1930s, as part of the Federal Art Project, Caroline Compton traveled the state of Mississippi as an art teacher in public schools and served as state director of the WPA's Mississippi Art Project from 1939 to 1940.[2][5] In 1961, Compton organized the Vicksburg Art Association and opened Vicksburg's Firehouse Gallery in 1971.[5] In her paintings, Compton used the mediums of graphite, watercolor, oils, and woodblocks to capture people, landscapes, houses, public buildings, and riverfront settings in her hometown of Vicksburg.[6] DeathCaroline Compton died August 1, 1987, and was interred at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Vicksburg, Mississippi. References1. ^1 Caroline Compton: The River at Vicksburg and Beyond, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, Mississippi {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150331203534/http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/1aa/1aa100.htm |date=March 31, 2015 }} Retrieved 2015-05-17. 2. ^1 Mississippi Writers and Musicians—Mississippi Artists (Caroline Russell Compton) {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411022559/http://www.mswritersandmusicians.com/artists/#C#C |date=2015-04-11 }} Retrieved 2015-05-17. 3. ^Mississippi Museum of Art: Permanent Collection Retrieved 2017-03-01. 4. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=1q7rFPmwmhwC&pg=PA52&lpg=PA52&dq=obituary+Caroline+Russell+Compton+Vicksburg&source=bl&ots=dugJZpvT_D&sig=E0XA-OaFEqnKUP2PoHrv-GKIvUM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=asRYVeDZNYrHogTSyIDYCw&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=obituary%20Caroline%20Russell%20Compton%20Vicksburg&f=false Rene Paul Barilleaux (ed). 2002. Passionate Observer: Eudora Welty Among Artists of the Thirties, p. 52. Jackson: Mississippi Museum of Art] Retrieved 2015-05-17. 5. ^1 [https://books.google.com/books?id=iPfA5Ha8wf4C&pg=PA173&lpg=PA173&dq=Caroline+Compton+Mississippi+artist&source=bl&ots=Fgq1VHXf4I&sig=w4Ky_XUw8qw37aqKCGSdTCQ95nw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VwS7U6bQBNa1yATJwYKIAw#v=snippet&q=Caroline%20Compton&f=false Patti Carr Black. 1998. Art in Mississippi, 1720-1980. p. 202-203. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi] Retrieved 2015-05-17. 6. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=D932HeqCSxgC&pg=PA44&lpg=PA44&dq=Caroline+Compton+Mississippi+artist&source=bl&ots=Ho9VWTSCKh&sig=Vr_9BVrYXzawVH2xH0O0qJZi_Go&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fAa7U4n7EZCsyATvw4DYBw#v=onepage&q=Caroline%20Compton&f=false Patti Carr Black. 2007. The Mississippi Story, p. 44. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi] Retrieved 2015-05-17. External links
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