Caroline Russell Compton (January 10, 1907 − August 1, 1987) was a noted Mississippi artist.Mississippi Writers and Musicians—Mississippi Artists (Caroline Russell Compton)
Retrieved 2015-05-17. Her paintings are part of the permanent collection in the

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Biography

Caroline Compton was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Thomas Wilbur Compton and Kate Russell Compton. She had two older sisters – Catherine (born 1901) and Mary (born 1902); an older brother – Thomas (born 1904); and a younger brother – Joseph (born 1908).

Education and career

Caroline Compton attended high school at All Saints' Junior College in Vicksburg and began her career as an artist after graduating from

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. From 1927 to 1929, she attended New York's Grand Central School of Art. In the 1930s, as part of the

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, Caroline Compton traveled the state of Mississippi as an art teacher in

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s and served as state director of the

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's Mississippi Art Project from 1939 to 1940.Patti Carr Black. 1998. Art in Mississippi, 1720-1980. p. 202-203. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi
Retrieved 2015-05-17. In 1961, Compton organized the Vicksburg Art Association and opened Vicksburg's Firehouse Gallery in 1971. In her paintings, Compton used the mediums of graphite, watercolor, oils, and woodblocks to capture people, landscapes, houses, public buildings, and riverfront settings in her hometown of Vicksburg.Patti Carr Black. 2007. The Mississippi Story, p. 44. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi
Retrieved 2015-05-17.

Death

Caroline Compton died August 1, 1987, and was interred at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Compton, Caroline 1907 births 1987 deaths People from Vicksburg, Mississippi Painters from Mississippi 20th-century American painters Sweet Briar College alumni People of the New Deal arts projects Grand Central School of Art alumni 20th-century American women painters