Frances C. Houston

[13] Houston studied in Paris with the French artists Jules Lefebvre and Gustave Boulanger[3] at the Julian Academy.

[1][7] At this time Cornish had a thriving art community which included Augusutus Saint-Gaudens, George de Forest Brush, and Charles Platt, among others.

[1] Houston founded "The Mothers and Daughters' Club" with another woman of the Cornish community,[15] Laura Walker, wife of Henry O.

[1] The group was started with the goal of allowing the women who lived in Cornish seasonally to become closer to the wives of the local farmers.

[15] The club involved group readings, travel talks, rug and carpet creation, and weaving.

[3][16] Houston exhibited at the Boston Art Club in 1880 and at an Atlanta Exposition in an unknown year, where she received a bronze medal.

[9][5][18] She also exhibited in 1900 at the Paris World's Fair with a portrait,[9][19] where she received an honorable mention award.

[20] Houston's work Indian Summer was exhibited at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904 for which she received a medal,[7] and she also showed two pieces of jewelry.