Florence Egerton 8 BIGELOW

Florence E. Bigelow

15146.332     Florence Egerton 8 BIGELOW, dau of Daniel Folger 7 (Nathan 6 , Nathan 5, John 4, John 3, Samuel 2, John 1), and Charlotte (BARNES) BIGELOW, was born 14 February 1871 Chicago, IL She painted flowers with watercolors and exhibited in several galleries around the Chicago.. She taught art at Hyde Park High School in Chicago for more than 40 years.  Florence died 26 April 1951 Hinsdale, DuPage County, IL;


 Miss Florence E. Bigelow, 80, of 4016 Grand Ave., Western Springs, was a retired art teacher who had taught 40 years at Hyde Park High School. She was the daughter of the late Daniel Folger Bigelow, a well known artist and founder of the Chicago Art Institute. Her mother was Charlotte Mariah Barnes ("Lottie").

While teaching at Hyde Park High School, Miss Bigelow studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and the Chicago Art Institute in the evenings.

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