Original Constance Forsyth watercolor portrait. The watercolor is signed Constance Forsyth and dated 37 in the lower right hand corner. The piece is in its’ original framing. The watercolor has been examined out of the frame and has been glued to an artist board.The following information was submitted by Historian and Archivist Carl R. McQueary:Born Indianapolis, Indiana August 18, 1903Died Austin, Texas January 22, 1987 Education:School 57, Shortridge High School, Butler University - Bachelors Degree in ChemistryJohn Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis - Diploma 1929 (Studied with William Forsyth, Clifton Wheeler and Myra Richards; her mentor and the main influence in her life artistically was her father William Forsyth)Pennsylvania Academy of Art, Philadelphia - 1927-28 and 1930 (Studied with Henry McCarter, George Harding and Albert Laessle)Broadmoor Academy of Art, Colorado Springs - Summers 1932 and 1934 (Studied with Boardman Robinson and Ward Lockwood.) Instructor and Professor of Art at the University of Texas at Austin 1940-1973 (first woman hired in the studio art department)Retired Professor Emeritus 1973 (as of 1999 she was still the only woman retired with the title of Professor Emeritus from the studio art department at UT Austin) Named Printmaker Emeritus by the Southern Graphics Council in 1985 Exhibition Highlights:Numerous Regional, National and International Exhibitions throughout her working lifeOne Person Show at Laguna Gloria Art Museum Austin, Texas, 1946 and 1959One Person Show at the Hoosier Salon Gallery Indianapolis, Indiana, 1956Two Person Show at the Huntington Gallery UT Austin, January 1974One Person Show at the Jack Blanton Museum UT Austin, Spring 1993"Early and Late" a review of works of art by the Professors Emeriti of the Art Department of the University of Texas at Austin at St. Stephens School Austin, 1999 Women Printmakers Lone Star Style at the McKinney Avenue Contemporary Art Center Dallas, 2002 Modernist: Six from the University of Texas at the Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum, Austin, October thru December 2005"Of This Vaste State" Women Artists of Texas, 1900-1960, The Women's Museum Dallas, November 2006 - January 2007"Austin Art Seen Circa 1961" Austin Museum of Art Laguna Gloria, 2006 - 2007

The watercolor is in good estate condition. It has been glued to a board as part of the original framing process. There is some acidity under the matte. Frame is in bad condition, and mattet has water damage

14 x 10 x 0.5 in