Lisa Marie Thalhammer
Lisa Marie Thalhammer is an artist living in Washington D.C. Education Thalhammer was born in Florissant, Missouri. She first studied art at St. Joseph's Academy while working as a waitress at her family's truck stop. She attended the Art Institute of Chicago at the age of 16, for an art program that focused on figure drawing. She received, with honors, her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting with a double minor in Women's Studies and Art History from the University of Kansas and studied abroad at Staffordshire University in England. She moved to Washington D.C. in 2004. Career Thalhammer's work has been covered by publications including '' U.S. News & World Report'', the '' Washington Post'', and the '' Washington Blade''. The ''Blade'' featured her on its cover in 2008 and nominated her for "best visual artist" in 2013. Thalhammer has been influenced and inspired by Artemisia Gentileschi. Thalhammer has exhibited her works at several galleries in Washington D.C. su ...
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Florissant, Missouri
Florissant () is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, within Greater St. Louis. It is a middle class, second-ring northern suburb of St. Louis. Based on the 2020 United States census, the city had a total population of 52,533, making it the 12th-largest city in Missouri and the largest municipality in St. Louis County. History The exact date the first settlers went to the Valley of Florissant is unknown, but it is one of the oldest settlements in the state of Missouri. Some historians believe it was settled about the same time as St. Louis. The first civil government was formed in 1786. Spanish archives in Havana reveal 40 people and seven plantations were in Florissant at the time of the 1787 census. The village, called "Fleurissant", meaning "Blooming" in English, by its French settlers and "St. Ferdinand" by its Spanish rulers, was a typical French village with its commons and common fields. Originally a separate town, and now an inner suburb of St. Louis, the community was ...
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