Jane Smith Ninas Evans Sargeant (1913 – 2005) [1] was an American painter. She was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. [2] She studied art at Newcomb College in New Orleans. [3] She worked for the Federal Art Project in Louisiana, which was part of the New Deal. [4] Her work was included in the 1936 exhibition New Horizons in American Art (as Jane Ninas) at the Museum of Modern Art. [5] She was married several times including marriage to the painter Paul Ninas and the photographer Walker Evans. [6] Evans' created several series of portraits of her, including Untitled, (Jane Ninas) (1935), [7] Five 35mm Film Frames: Jane Ninas (1941), [8] 9 Portraits of Jane Smith Evans (1952), [9] and Jane Smith Evans (1953). [10]
In 1991 The Historic New Orleans Collection held an exhibition Walker Evans and Jane Ninas in New Orleans, 1935-1936 which included her paintings and his photographs. [3]
Jane Smith Ninas Evans Sargeant (1913 – 2005) [1] was an American painter. She was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. [2] She studied art at Newcomb College in New Orleans. [3] She worked for the Federal Art Project in Louisiana, which was part of the New Deal. [4] Her work was included in the 1936 exhibition New Horizons in American Art (as Jane Ninas) at the Museum of Modern Art. [5] She was married several times including marriage to the painter Paul Ninas and the photographer Walker Evans. [6] Evans' created several series of portraits of her, including Untitled, (Jane Ninas) (1935), [7] Five 35mm Film Frames: Jane Ninas (1941), [8] 9 Portraits of Jane Smith Evans (1952), [9] and Jane Smith Evans (1953). [10]
In 1991 The Historic New Orleans Collection held an exhibition Walker Evans and Jane Ninas in New Orleans, 1935-1936 which included her paintings and his photographs. [3]