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Florence Howell Barkley (1880-1954) American Painter

Early Life
Barkley was born in Maysville, KY in 1880 and died in East Northfield, MA in 1954. She was an American landscape painter educated at the Cincinnati Art Academy. She worked as part of the Red Cross during World War I.

Career
The bulk of her career she lived and worked in New York. Her work is included in the Museum City of New York. Her paintings were expressive and romantic. She did watercolors and oil paintings of American Seascapes and Jerome Avenue Bridge was included in the 1913 Armory Show. Barkley's drawings accompanied an article that helped to illuminate traditions in the Smoky Mountain moonshining industry about potential perils in enforcing their policies. Her illustrations were also included in the The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 105 accompanying.