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Gladys Ames Brannigan
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Gladys Ames
June 14, 1882 Hingham, Massachusetts, United States
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| Died | April 24, 1944 (aged 61) New York City, United States
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| Education | Georgetown University, Corcoran College of Art and Design, Art Students League of New York, National Academy of Design |
| Known for | Painting, Muralist |
Gladys Ames Brannigan (born 1882, died 1944) was an American artist. She was a talented painter and created large wall paintings called murals. She is famous for her work with a special government program called the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
About Gladys Brannigan
Gladys Ames was born on June 14, 1882. Her hometown was Hingham, Massachusetts. She loved art and went to many schools to learn more. She studied at Georgetown University and the Corcoran College of Art and Design in Washington, D.C. Later, in New York, she learned at the Art Students League of New York and the National Academy of Design. She married a lawyer named Robert A. Brannigan.
Art and Teaching Career
From 1929 to 1941, Gladys and her husband lived in both New Hampshire and New York City. Gladys Brannigan created several murals for the WPA in New Hampshire. The WPA was a government program during the Great Depression. It helped artists find work by paying them to create public art.
Her murals can be found in different places:
- Dover City Hall: This mural is on the second floor. It shows early scenes from the city of Dover.
- Keene State College: She also painted murals here.
- Portsmouth Junior High School: Murals showing Portsmouth history were finished in 1936. Sadly, these murals have gone missing.
- University of New Hampshire: Her murals are in the Newspaper Room there.
Gladys Brannigan also taught art. For a while in the 1930s, she was the head of the art department at Hollins College in Roanoke, Virginia. She also taught at Montana State College during the 1930s and 1940s. Gladys Brannigan passed away in New York City on April 24, 1944.
