Ilah Marian Kibbey Explained

Ilah Marian Kibbey (1883–1957) was an American genre and landscape painter.^[1] Her series Airplane Impressions consisted of paintings of views from various flights she took over the Midwest.^[2]

Life

Ilah Marian Kibbey was born in Geneva, Ohio.^[3] She attended the New York School of Fine and Applied Art, the Kansas City Art Institute, and the Art Institute of Chicago. Alongside her art career, she worked as a teacher for the Kansas City Public Schools and as a registrar at the Kansas City Art Institute.^[1]

Kibbey's works are housed in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Library of Congress, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and the Kansas City Museum.^[4]

Kibbey died on August 10, 1958, in Kansas City, MO.^[1]

External links

• Ilah Marian Kibbey: Artist File. Spencer Art Reference Library, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri.
• Artists clippings file available at Jannes Library, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri.
• Missouri Remembers Artists Portal

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ilah Kibbey - Biography. 2021-09-20. www.askart.com.
2. May 17, 1930. Ilah Marian Kibbey: Ferargil Galleries. Art News. 15.
3. Web site: Ilah Marian Kibbey Missouri Remembers. 2021-09-23. missouriartists.org. en.
4. Web site: Ilah Marian Kibbey Smithsonian American Art Museum. 2021-09-20. americanart.si.edu. en-US.