Gentleman wearing white tie and formal wear, facing forward, light hair, cleft in chin, half-length--almost to waist.
Artwork Details
Medium
Oil on Canvas
Collection
Private Collection
Made/Created
Artist
Parrent, Mary Williamson, 1911-2009
Date made
1930
General Notes
Note Type
Historical Note
Note
Henry Clinton Parrent was born on August 6, 1902, in Nashville to Henry Clinton Parrent Sr. and Anne Stokes Parrent. He attended Vanderbilt University before graduating with a bachelors of fine arts from the University of Pennsylvania. He then graduated with a doctor of fine arts from Rhodes College. He designed a number of buildings in Nashville including Central State Hospital, the Nashville Electric Service Building, and the old Tennessee State Library and Archives building. He also designed a number of buildings at his alma mater, Rhodes College as well as the Texas State Library and Archives building. He married Mary Williamson and had two children. Parrent died in 1967 and is buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
