Elizabeth Carney Pope

Elizabeth Carney Pope (1910–1991) was an American painter. Pope used a variety of names during her career including Elizabeth Jeanette Carney, Betty Carney, Elizabeth Carney, and Betty Carney Pope. She is best known for her New Deal era mural in the Chisholm, Minnesota Post Office.

This article is about the artist. She is not to be confused with Elizabeth D. Carney.
Elizabeth Carney Pope
Born
Elizabeth Jeanette Carney

1910 (1910)
Hamilton, Montana
Died1991 (aged 80–81)
NationalityAmerican
Known formuralist

Biography

Pope née Carney was in 1910 in Hamilton, Montana.[1] She studied at the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts and the School of Fine Arts at Fontainbleau.[2] Around 1940 she married the photographer W. Kenneth Pope.[3]

In 1941 Pope painted the mural Discovery of Ore for the Chisholm, Minnesota Post Office.[4][5][6] The mural was funded by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA).[7]

Pope was also a printmaker and painter, exhibiting her work at the Minnesota State Fair, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, and the Art Institute of Chicago.[2] She also exhibited for several years with a group called the Northern California Arts.[8][9][10]

Pope taught at Hamilton University in St. Paul and the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts.[2]

Pope died in 1991.[1]

References
  1. "Elizabeth Jeanette (Betty) Carney". AskArt. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  2. Crump, Robert (2009). Minnesota Prints and Printmakers, 1900-1945. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-87351-635-8.
  3. "Once at Mia: Buddha arrives - a face of 'benign contemplation'". Minneapolis Institute of Art. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  4. "Minnesota New Deal Art". wpamurals.org. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  5. Marling, Karal Ann (1982). Wall-to-wall America: Post Office Murals in the Great Depression. U of Minnesota Press. pp. 189–190. ISBN 978-0-8166-3673-0.
  6. Hendrickson, Jr., Kenneth E. "The WPA Federal Art Projects in Minnesota, 1935-1943" (PDF). Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  7. "Post Office - Mural - Chisholm MN". Living New Deal. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  8. "Art Display Now Shown at Library". Lodi News-Sentinel. Nov 19, 1949. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  9. "Art Exhibit Wins Acclaim -Art Display at Library". Lodi News-Sentinel. May 24, 1949. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
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