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Jesta Bell Armstrong (1905-1989) Kentucky River
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This watercolor of a shantyboat on the Kentucky River at the Brooklyn Bridge in Mercer County was painted by Harrodsburg, Kentucky, artist Jesta Bell Armstrong. Armstrong was a teacher at Asbury College, where Robert James Foose was one of her students. She was a graduate of Asbury College and received her master’s degree from Peabody College in Nashville, Tennessee. A stamp on the back says: Framed by / Daugherty / Paint & Supply / Order #1666 / 6th & Main Paris, Ky. She was the subject of a
show at
the Art Museum at the University of Kentucky in 2008. |
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