Lucile Evans papers
name: label: Creator
content: Evans, Lucile, b. 1894
label: Names
content: Washington Workshop Center for the Arts
label: Names
content: Ferrell-Hero, Barbara, 1925-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Washington (D.C.)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lucile Evans donated her papers to the Archives of American Art in 1978.
creator: label: Creator
content: Evans, Lucile, b. 1894
setName: label: See more items in
content: Lucile Evans papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The scattered papers of painter and printmaker Lucile Evans measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1931 to 1973. Found are biographical material, correspondence, printed material, and a file regarding the Washington Workshop Center for the Arts. Some material concerns Evans's daughter, painter Barbara Ferrell-Hero.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Washington, D.C. painter, printmaker, and educator Lucile Evans (1894-1993) was one of the first abstract painters active in Washington. 

Born in Utah, Evans's family moved to Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. during her childhood. While in Washington, Evans attended the Women's Suffrage Parade of 1913. She studied at Otis Art Institute and Chouinard Art Institute. In addition to her career as an artist, Evans taught painting at Washington Workshop Center for the Arts and the Madeira School.

Later in life, Lucile Evans moved to Maine to be near her daughter Barbara Ferrell-Hero, also a painter. Evans died in Maine in 1993.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1931-1973
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.evanluci
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2022 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The scattered papers of painter Lucile Evans measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1931 to 1973. Found are biographical material, correspondence, printed material, and a file regarding the Washington Workshop Center for the Arts. Some material concerns Evans's daughter, painter Barbara Ferrell-Hero.