Halcyone Barnes (March 31, 1913 – April 9, 1988) was an American collage artist and watercolor painter.

Life

Barnes was born on March 31, 1913, in

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. Barnes became a collage artist and watercolor painter. In the 1960s, she exhibited her artwork with

Bess Phipps Dawson Bess Phipps Dawson (1916 - April 15, 1994) was an American painter and gallerist. She was a member of the "Summit Trio" in Summit, Mississippi, in the 1960s, and she later owned an art gallery in McComb, Mississippi. Early life Bess Phipps Dawson ...

and Ruth Atkinson Holmes; the three women artists became known as the "Summit Trio". The three housewives were trained by Roy Schultz at Summit Junior College. Barnes married Joe Barnes. She died on April 9, 1988, in Summit, at age 75, and she was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.

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1913 births 1988 deaths Artists from Dallas People from Summit, Mississippi American collage artists American women collage artists American watercolorists Artists from Mississippi American women watercolorists 20th-century American painters 20th-century American women painters {{US-painter-1910s-stub