Mayna Treanor Avent

• Name — Mayna Treanor Avent • Born — September 17, 1868 • Birthplace — Nashville, Tennessee • Died — January 2, 1959 (Aged 90) • Place of death — Sewanee, Tennessee • Education — Art Academy of Cincinnati Académie Julian • Occupation — Painter • Spouse — Frank Avent • Children — James Avent Mary Avent Adams • Parents — Thomas O. Treanor Mary Andrews Treanor Mayna Treanor Avent (1868–1959) was an American painter.

Mayna Treanor Avent was born on September 17, 1868, in Nashville, Tennessee. Her father was Thomas O. Treanor and her mother, Mary Andrews Treanor. She grew up at Tulip Grove, an antebellum mansion opposite Andrew Jackson's The Hermitage. She studied painting at the Cincinnati Art Academy in Cincinnati, Ohio and at the Académie Julian in Paris, France for two years.

• Illustration — Mayna Treanor Avent Studio Avent taught painting in Nashville, and exhibited her oil and watercolour paintings in Massachusetts, South Carolina and Tennessee. She often painted in what is now known as the Mayna Treanor Avent Studio on the Jake's Creek Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Elkmont, Tennessee. Avent was a member of the Nashville Studio Club, the Nashville Artists Guild, and the Centennial Club.

In 1891, she married Frank Avent, a lawyer for the State Railroad Commissioner from Murfreesboro, Tennessee. They had a son, James Avent (1895–1995). Avent spent her last three years with her son in Sewanee, Tennessee. She died on January 2, 1959.

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The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Recorded with the occupation painter. Recorded with the occupation artist. Institutional cataloguing adds that mayna Treanor Avent is recorded as a citizen of United States. Institutional cataloguing adds that mayna Treanor Avent is recorded with the gender female. Born on 1 January 1868. Institutional cataloguing adds that mayna Treanor Avent died on 1 January 1959.