Harrington, Chestee
Birth Date: ca. 1942 Place: New Iberia, LA
Artistic Focus: sketch artist, printer, painter, teacher
Gender: female
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Alternate Name(s): Chestee Minvielle (Mrs. John)
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Artistic Focus: sketch artist, printer, painter, teacher
Gender: female
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Alternate Name(s): Chestee Minvielle (Mrs. John)
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New Iberia self-taught artist; medium for her paintings is wood blocks, including bas relief wood carvings; her polychromatic bas-relief painting of the Steamboat J.M.White hangs in the lobby of the St. Landrybank; artwork also exhibited Lafayette (LA) Art Museum, Zigler Museum (Jennings, LA), Masur Museum (Monroe, LA), Nahan Galleries(N.O.) and galleries in Baton Rouge; studied Arts Students League (NYC) and the Shidoni Foundry in New Mexico; owner of gallery in St. Francisville, LA; LSU Rural Life Museum presented retrospective of her life work in 2013.