Doris McGinley
Title
Doris McGinley
Creator
Eleanor McAdoo Wiley
American, 1876 - 1977
American, 1876 - 1977
Format
oil on canvas
Type
painting
Description
Like her younger sister Catherine, Eleanor McAdoo Wiley painted in an Impressionist manner, favoring a pastel palette to create still lifes, portraiture, flower studies, and depictions of historic homes. While Catherine Wiley was the better-known, more influential artist of the two sisters, Eleanor made a lasting mark of her own on Knoxville’s cultural landscape through her work as a community leader, arts advocate, and portraitist.
The Wiley family moved to Knoxville, Tennessee, around 1880. Eleanor studied at the University of Tennessee and at the Stevens Summer School of Painting, an art colony established by modernist painter Will Henry Stevens that operated in Gatlinburg from the early 1930s through at least 1939. She was an active member of the Nicholson Art League and, in 1934, she founded the Knoxville Art Center, which later merged with the Dulin Gallery of Art and is known today as the Knoxville Museum of Art.
The Wiley family moved to Knoxville, Tennessee, around 1880. Eleanor studied at the University of Tennessee and at the Stevens Summer School of Painting, an art colony established by modernist painter Will Henry Stevens that operated in Gatlinburg from the early 1930s through at least 1939. She was an active member of the Nicholson Art League and, in 1934, she founded the Knoxville Art Center, which later merged with the Dulin Gallery of Art and is known today as the Knoxville Museum of Art.
Source
Bequest of Bettie Campbell
Collection
Citation
Eleanor McAdoo Wiley
American, 1876 - 1977
, “Doris McGinley,” Ewing Gallery Permanent Collection, accessed April 25, 2024, https://ewinggallery.omeka.net/items/show/361.