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Mama Spends Her Spare Time on Art
UPI reports 45 million amateur painters in the United States, mostly women and housewives, spending about 200 million annually on art materials. The Famous Artists Schools notes 31.5 million female Sunday painters, with many using painting as relaxation between chores. Artist Doug Kingman discusses motivations, collecting, and subject preferences across genders.
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Mama
Gay
EW York
UPI
United States
National Art Materials Trade Assn
Famous Artists Schools Inc
Westport
Conn
Hollywood
Jane Wyman
Jane Fonda
Dinah Shore
Doug Kingman
Kingman
San Francisco
Hong Kong
Works Projects Administration
WPA
New York
Hunter College
Columbia University
Famous Artists