Ginny Allen
Ginny Allen is an art historian. She received her BA in French/Art History from Willamette University, and has been an active docent at the Portland Art Museum for thirty-five years. In 1999, she co-authored the first comprehensive reference guide to Oregon Painters from 1859-1959, Oregon Painters: The First Hundred Years. In addition, she has published articles in the Oregon Historical Quarterly and American Art Review.
Since 2000, her interest and study has been the New Deal-era Federal Art projects in Oregon. She spoke at the Labor Arts Forum Symposium in 2004 and completed their Oregon Art Inventory; that work is now on reserve at the Portland Art Museum Crumpacker Library. She has been a consultant with Portland Public Schools and the Heritage Conservation Group in Portland.
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Books by this Author
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Oregon Painters
Since the first edition of Oregon Painters was published in 1999, it has served as an invaluable reference to the early history of Northwest art...
| paperback | $55.00