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Helen Ferne Slimp Art

American, 1890-1995

Helen Ferne Slimp was a lifelong artist, who worked in oils, lithography, stained glass and china painting. She was a friend of Mount Rushmore sculptor Gutzam Borglum and art patron Marion Koogler McNay, painted alongside the Onderdonks and was a teacher to Porfirio Salinas. “She liked that modern stuff,” Slimp said of McNay in the Express-News in 1990, on her 100th birthday. “I never cared for it myself. I thought an apple should look like an apple.”Chester Slimp died in 1965, but Helen Slimp lived to be 105, died on October 29,1995. Slimp's instructors were a Who's Who of American Artists, including Randall Davey, Ernest Lawson, Fremont Ellis, Gerald Cassidy, Harry Anthony De Young and José Arpa.

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Artist: Helen Ferne Slimp
"Seated Nude"  Nude drawing by San Antonio Texas Artist

"Seated Nude" Nude drawing by San Antonio Texas Artist

By Helen Ferne Slimp

Located in San Antonio, TX

Helen Slimp (1890 - 1995) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 24 x 17 Frame Size: 30 x 24 Medium: Pencil Drawing Date: 1932 "Seated" Nude Biography Helen Slimp (1890 - 1995) A Virginia native, Helen Ferne Slimp was a lifelong artist, who worked in oils, lithography, stained glass and china painting. She was a friend of Mount Rushmore sculptor Gutzam Borglum and art patron Marion Koogler McNay, painted alongside the Onderdonks and was a teacher to Porfirio Salinas. “She liked that modern stuff,” Slimp said of McNay in the Express-News in 1990, on her 100th birthday. “I never cared for it myself. I thought an apple should look like an apple.”Chester Slimp died in 1965, but Helen Slimp lived to be 105, dying Oct. 29, 2005. Helen Ferne Slimp's instructors were a "Who's Who" of American artists including Randall Davey, Ernest Lawson, Fremont Ellis, Gerald Cassidy, Harry Anthony De Young, and Jose Arpa. Please view my store front for other Great Vintage Texas Paintings...

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1930s Realist Helen Ferne Slimp Art

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Carbon Pencil

"Bather"  Nude drawing by San Antonio Texas Artist
"Bather"  Nude drawing by San Antonio Texas Artist

"Bather" Nude drawing by San Antonio Texas Artist

By Helen Ferne Slimp

Located in San Antonio, TX

Helen Slimp (1890 - 1995) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 24 x 17 Frame Size: 30 x 24 Medium: Pencil Drawing 1931 "Bather" Nude Biography Helen Slimp (1890 - 1995) A Virginia native, Helen Ferne Slimp was a lifelong artist, who worked in oils, lithography, stained glass and china painting. She was a friend of Mount Rushmore sculptor Gutzam Borglum and art patron Marion Koogler McNay, painted alongside the Onderdonks and was a teacher to Porfirio Salinas. “She liked that modern stuff,” Slimp said of McNay in the Express-News in 1990, on her 100th birthday. “I never cared for it myself. I thought an apple should look like an apple.”Chester Slimp died in 1965, but Helen Slimp lived to be 105, dying Oct. 29, 2005. Helen Ferne Slimp's instructors were a "Who's Who" of American artists including Randall Davey, Ernest Lawson, Fremont Ellis, Gerald Cassidy, Harry Anthony De Young, and Jose Arpa. Please view my store front for other Great Vintage Texas Paintings...

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1930s Realist Helen Ferne Slimp Art

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Carbon Pencil

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