Houston, Frances Lyon

Title

Houston, Frances Lyon

Relation

Lucia Fairchild Fuller (daughter Charlotte married brother John)

Cornish Dates

1891 to 1906

Cornish Residence(s)

Ruggles (1891)
Crossways

Invited By

Invited With

Birth

14 Jan 1851
Hudson, Michigan

Death

31 Oct 1906
Milton, Massachusetts

Non-Cornish Residence

Boston, Massachusetts

Spouse

William Houston
Married 19 Oct 1874

Relations

Profession

Painter
Jeweler

Location Studied

Académie Julian

Studied Under

Thomas Dewing
Gustave Lefebvre
Jules-Joseph Boulanger
Jean-Leon Gerome

Affiliations

Società Artistica Napolitana

Awards

Honorable Mention, Exposition Universelle (1900)
Bronze, Cotton States and International Exposition (1895)
Bronze, Pan-American Exposition (1901)

Masque of Ours

Ceres

Sources

University Art Galleries, University of New Hampshire, A Circle of Friends: Art Colonies of Cornish and Dublin (Dublin NH: University of New Hampshire, 1985), 90.

Citation

“Houston, Frances Lyon,” The Cornish Colony Compendium, accessed October 10, 2026, https://cornishcolony.org/items/show/467.