Samuel James Kennedy timeline

BORN: June 7,  1877 Mt. Pleasant, MI

DIED: After 1926 Chicago/ Laguna Beach?

MARRIED: Anna D. Kennedy[1]

TRAINING

1903-1905 Art Institute of Chicago, evenings

1909-1913 France with Caro del Vaille; Ernest Laurent; Henri Martin[2]

ART RELATED EMPLOYMENT

1917 Mural Inspired Youth, Mount Pleasant, Michigan[3]

1917 Lecture, Pontiac, Illinois[4]

1919 Art lecturer [Lansing,  Michigan?][5]

1920 Art lecturer[6]

[1]“Paintings by Mrs. Kennedy,” “News Of The Art World,” supplement, Chicago Evening Post, 3/28/1922.

[2]“Zxqlk! Jjiik? Fq; That’s Bill’s Idea of ‘Abstract’ Art,” Chicago Tribune, 5/18/1915, p.13 relates Kennedy had been in Parisfor six years and returned with ideas about a new school of abstract art. This prompted such an exhibition from the otherwise staid Palette and Chisel Club.

[3]Lena M. McCauley, “Painting at Grand Haven,” in “News of the Art World,” ChicagoEvening Post, 7/10/1917. There is no mention of its location in the town.

[4]“Just About People,” in “News of the Art World,” supplement, Chicago Evening Post, 7/31/1917, p.13.

[5]“Mr. Kennedy Goes Away,” in “News Of The Art World,” supplement, Chicago Evening Post, 6/29/1920, p.10.

[6]“Mr. Kennedy Lectures,” in “News Of The Art World,” supplement, Chicago Evening Post, 11/16/1920, p.10.