Biography

Constance Forsyth

Nationality: American
Dates: 1903-1987
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Selected Exhibitions:
John Herron Art Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana
Fort Wayne Art Museum, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Lyman Galleries, Indianapolis, Indiana
Print Exhibitions, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, California
Print Exhibitions, The Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio
New York World's Fair Exhibition, New York, New York: 1939
Annual Indiana Artists Exhibition, John Herron Art Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana: 1940, 1942, 1946-49, 1951, 1955, 1957, 1959
Indiana State Fair Exhibition, Indianapolis, Indiana: 1941, 1946, 1949, 1950-52, 1954-57
Indiana Society of Printmakers Annual Exhibition, Indianapolis, Indiana: 1941, 1944, 1947-51, 1953
Texas Print Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas: 1941-45, 1947
University of Texas Art Faculty Exhibition, Austin, Texas: 1941-85
116th Annual Exhibition, The National Academy of Design, Graphic Arts Section, New York, New York: 1942
Texas Fine Arts Association, Spring Jury Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas: 1942, 1944-48, 1950-54, 1956-57, 1959, 1961
“Texas General,” Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas: 1942-46, 1957
Texas Printmakers, traveling exhibition: 1942-59, 1961-62
National Exhibition of Prints Made During Current Year, The Library of Congress, Washington, DC: 1943, 1953, 1955-56, 1958-59
Annual Exhibitions of Western Art, Denver, Colorado, Art Museum: 1943, 1945-46, 1948, 1953
Texas Fine Arts Association Annual Fall Membership Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas: 1943, 1945-47, 1949-61
Annual Exhibition, Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, Indiana: 1944, 1949-51, 1953, 1955-58, 1961
“Mountains and Plains Exhibition,” Denver, Colorado: 1945
Solo Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas: 1946
“American Prints Today,” John Herron Art Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana: 1946
Annual Exhibition Watercolors, Prints and Drawings, The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA: 1948, 1959
Annual Graphic Arts Exhibition, Joslyn Memorial Museum, Omaha, Nebraska: 1948-49
Southwestern Print and Drawing Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas: 1949, 1951-52, 1956, 1958, 1961
Solo Exhibition, Bright Shawl, San Antonio, TX: 1951
Second Mid-America Annual, Nelson Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri: 1951
Joint Exhibition with Kelly Fearing, Texas Western College, El Paso, Texas: 1952
Texas Contemporary Artists Exhibition, Knoedler Gallery, New York, New York: 1952
Annual Exhibition, Society of American Graphic Artists, New York, New York: 1952, 1954
Annual Exhibition, National Association of Women Artists, National Academy Galleries, New York, NY: 1953-55, 1957-58, 1960-61
The Texas Watercolor Society, Annual Exhibitions, Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, Texas: 1953, 1956, 1961
Eighth Annual National Print Exhibition, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York: 1954
Biennial Exhibition, 50 Indiana Prints, John Herron Art Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana: 1954, 1956, 1958
Texas Fine Arts Association, Traveling Exhibitions: 1954-58, 1960, 1961
National Association of Women Graphics Exhibition, Argent Galleries, New York, New York and circuit: 1955-57
1st Graphic Exhibition, Texas Western College, El Paso, Texas: 1955
D. D. Feldman Exhibition, Dallas, Texas and circuit: 1955
University of Texas Art Faculty Exhibition, Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas: 1956
National Association of Women Artists Water Color Exhibition, Argent Gallery, New York, NY, and circuit exhibition: 1957-58
University of Texas Faculty Exhibition, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA and Southern Methodist University, Dallas: 1957
National Association of Women Artists, Foreign Exhibition, Kunst Museum, Bern, Switzerland; Ciano Gallery, Lugano, Switzerland; Lyceum, Lugano, Switzerland: 1957
Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Ball State Teachers College Art Gallery, Muncie, Indiana: 1958, 1961
University of Texas Art Faculty Exhibition, Beaumont Art Museum, Beaumont, Texas: 1958
D. D. Feldman Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas and circuit: 1959
“Made in Texas by Texans,” Contemporary Arts Museum, Dallas, Texas: 1959
16th Annual Print Exhibition of the Library of Congress, Traveling Exhibition: 1959
Artists Annual Exhibition, Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana: 1960
University of Texas Art Faculty Exhibition, Waco; Fifth Avenue Gallery, Fort Worth; Invantory Gallery, Austin,Texas: 1960
Joint Exhibition, Oils and Watercolors, National Association of Women Artists and Japanese Women Artists, Municipal Museum of Art, University Park, Tokyo, Japan and The Riverside Museum, New York, New York: 1960
University of Texas Department of Art Faculty Traveling Exhibition, circulated to Texas museums and institutions: 1960-61
American Painting Today (invitational), Grand Rapids Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, Michigan: 1961
Exhibition of Drawings, University of Texas Art Department Faculty, Humboldt State College, Arcata, California: 1962
Joint Retrospective, Constance Forsyth and William Lester, Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, Austin, Texas: 1974
The Prints of Constance Forsyth, Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, Austin, Texas: 1993
 

Selected Awards:
Fort Worth Art Association Award, Fifth Annual Texas Print Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas: 1945
N. S. Von Phul Print Purchase Prize, 8th Texas General Exhibition, Collection of Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas: 1946
First Print Prize, Texas Fine Arts Association Fall Membership Exhibition: 1947
Purchase Award, Indiana Society of Printmakers, Indianapolis: 1949
Purchase Award, Joslyn Memorial Museum, Omaha, Nebraska: 1949
Birdwell Memorial Prize, 25th Annual Hoosier Salon Exhibition, Indianapolis: 1949
Robert G. Payne Award, Texas Fine Arts Association, Spring Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin: 1951
The Eve Clendenin Prize, 63rd Annual National Association, Women Arts, National Academy Gallery, New York, New York: 1955
Water color award, Texas Fine Arts Association Fall Membership Exhibition, Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas: 1956
Art Center Award, Texas Water Color Society, 7th Annual Exhibition, Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas: 1956
Dallas Print Society Fund Purchase Award, 6th Southwestern Print and Drawing Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts: 1956
Purchase award from Depauw University Purchase Fund, Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, Indiana: 1961
Naomi Goldman Prize, Annual Exhibition, National Association of Women Artists, New York, New York: 1961
Printmaker Emeritus Award, Southern Graphics Council, 1985

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