Halcyone Drennan Barnes | |
Birth Name: | Halcyone Freed |
Birth Date: | March 31, 1913 |
Birth Place: | Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
Death Date: | April 9, 1988 |
Death Place: | Summit, Mississippi, U.S. |
Resting Place: | Woodlawn Cemetery, Summit, Mississippi, U.S. |
Occupation: | Artist |
Spouse: | Joe Barnes |
Halcyone Barnes (March 31, 1913 – April 9, 1988) was an American collage artist and watercolor painter.
Barnes was born on March 31, 1913, in Dallas, Texas.[1]
Barnes became a collage artist and watercolor painter.[1] In the 1960s, she exhibited her artwork with Bess Phipps Dawson and Ruth Atkinson Holmes; the three women artists became known as the "Summit Trio".[2] The three housewives were trained by Roy Schultz at Summit Junior College.[3]
Barnes married Joe Barnes. She died on April 9, 1988, in Summit, at age 75, and she was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.[1]