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The only source I could find for Olive Nuhfer's exact birth date is find a grave. Steidle Collection of American Industrial Art lists her dates as 1901-1996. WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 02:03, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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From User:Buster7/The List - Women Artists WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 02:33, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  • Westerville, Ohio The Daily Mail 1937 [1] was painted as a homage to mail carriers, [2] but created controversy when residents complained that the image was not representative of their town. (Image could be fair use) ...TOWN
[3] Married on 27 May 1926 in Parkersburg, West Virginia. She was born in 1901 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
[4] Senior at the University of Oklahoma in 1930.
[5] Graduated with a degree in fine arts in 1931. Signed her paintings "Evilo". While studying in Norman, Nuhfer painted murals in several buildings. In 1938, her works "Hill, Mill, River, Smoke", "Prelude de Ballet" and "Zero Morning," were shown at Youngstown, Ohio's Butler Art Institute over New Years' and "Chavez Conducts", "Fountain of Youth", "Skag Dumping" and "Skaters Waltz" were shown at the winter show in Pittsburgh of the Associated Artists.
[6], [7] In 1936, Nuhfer participated in an exhibition with 25 other artists held at the Carnegie Institute, where her piece "Rain's Interlude" drew acclaim.
[8] At the Mountain Playhouse Gallery in 1951, Nuhfer held a one-woman show of figurative watercolors and landscape oils. Known also as a sculptor, her paintings were praised for their versatility and use of color.
[9] In 1961, she founded the Penn Arts Association.
[10] Nuhfer did a one woman show in Somerset County at the Jennerstown Art Gallery in 1966, which demonstrated her artistic versatility. The exhibit included abstracts, oil landscapes, watercolors, and pencil sketches, as well as ceramic modelings.
[11] In 1968, she exhibited "Deserted Place", "Finale" and "Salome" in the Somerset County Artists' Association annual exhibit, drawing praise for the vitality and freedom of her work.
[12] After earning a bachelor's and master's at the University of Oklahoma, Nuhfer completed post graduate work at Carnegie Mellon University. In addition to her own painting, she was an art instructor and involved with the Somerset County Artists' Association. In 1990 Nuhfer had a stroke, but after a three year hiatus, resumed painting with her other hand.