Verda Ligon (1902–1970) was an American painter and printmaker. Born in Dallas, Ligon studied art in that city with Thomas M. Stell. She attended Southern Methodist University, the Detroit Institute of Arts, and the

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in New York City. For forty years she served as a schoolteacher in the Dallas public school system, and died in Dallas. Ligon was a member of the Frank Reaugh Art Circle during her career. In 1939 she was one of eight women who founded the Printmakers Guild, later called Texas Printmakers, to challenge the male-dominated Lone Star Printmakers; the others were Lucile Land Lacy,

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Bertha Landers Bertha Mae Landers (1911–1996) was an American painter and printmaker. A native of Winnsboro, Texas, where she was raised, Landers graduated from Sul Ross State Teachers College in 1931 with a bachelor's degree in art. She studied at the Color ...

Mary Lightfoot Mary L. Lightfoot (1889–1970) was an American painter and printmaker. Lightfoot was born in Ravenna, Texas. She summered in Europe and in Taos, New Mexico during her career. Late in life Lightfoot moved to Paris, Texas, remaining there for fif ...

Blanche McVeigh Blanche McVeigh (August 23, 1895 – June 1, 1970) was an American printmaker, founder of the Fort Worth School of Fine Arts and Fort Worth Artists Guild, and art educator in Fort Worth, Texas. Known for her mastery of the aquatint medium, McVei ...

, Coreen May Spellman, and

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. She exhibited throughout Texas during her career. One of her paintings, an oil on Masonite entitled ''Jimson Weed'', is currently owned by the Dallas Art Museum.

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