Myra Hamilton Green

Myra Hamilton Green
BornNovember 28, 1924
Fayetteville, Tennessee, U.S.
DiedMarch 26, 2002
Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.
Resting placeCedar Lawn Cemetery, Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.
OccupationPainter
SpouseJoshua Green
ChildrenLynn Green Root

Myra Hamilton Green (November 28, 1924 - March 26, 2002) was an American painter from the state of Mississippi. She specialized in portraits in acrylic paint.

Life

Green was born on November 28, 1924, in Fayetteville, Tennessee.[1][2] She was trained at the Art Students' League in Woodstock, New York.[3] Green attended Virginia Intermont College.[4]

Green specialized in portraits, and she used acrylic paint.[1] She was a member of the Mississippi Art Colony in the 1950s-1970s, and she taught workshops and lectures, including at Belhaven College and Millsaps College.[1][2] With her daughter Lynn Green Root, who was also a painter, Green exhibited her paintings at the Municipal Art Gallery in Jackson, Mississippi in 1999. The exhibition was called Myra Green and Lynn Green Root: A Mother Daughter Exhibition.[3]

Green died on March 26, 2002, in Jackson, Mississippi,[1] and she was buried in Cedar Lawn Cemetery.[2] Green's family requested memorial donations to the Mississippi Museum of Art.[5]

Further reading

  • Black, Patti Carr (2008). Breathing Art: The Lives and Art of Myra Hamilton Green and Lynn Green Root. Jackson, Mississippi: Mississippi Museum of Art. ISBN 9781887422161. OCLC 909896738.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Myra Hamilton Green". The Northside Sun. Jackson, Mississippi. April 4, 2002. p. 17. Retrieved February 23, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b c "Myra Hamilton Green, Jackson". The Clarion-Ledger. Jackson, Mississippi. March 27, 2002. p. 14. Retrieved February 23, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b Lucas, Sherry (March 7, 1999). "Portraits of a Family". The Clarion-Ledger. Jackson, Mississippi. pp. 10G, 12G. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  4. ^ "Artist Myra Green of Jackson, Mississippi". www.mswritersandmusicians.com. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
  5. ^ "Myra Green Obituary". Legacy. March 26, 2002.