"Every morning I go for a walk unless it's teeming down. When I come back I get my breakfast because I haven't had anything before I go out. Then I do shopping and maybe I'll do about 2 hours German, and then have a rest before I read the Psalms in the evening. You know I can't really remember much of it (100th birthday party) because I'd had a lot to drink that night. I'm going to live to 110! I might go to 120. (http://blog.daum.net/kmozzart/1729) Born in Kentuckey and raised in New Orleans, started painting around 1880, when she enrolled in the New Orleans Art Union. In 1895, she moved to New York where Turner studied at the Design School for Women at Cooper Union. She also to private lessons with William Merritt Chase. Sinse 1902 Turner had been teaching life and costume drawing at the YWCA. (http://www.artistsandart.org/2010/03/helen-m-turner-1858-1958-american.html) Helen Marla Turner (Nov. 13, 1858 – Jan. 31, 1958); American painter and teacher, known for her work in oils, watercolors and pastels in which she created miniatures, landscapes, still lives and portraits, often in an Impressionist style. Born in Louisville, KY.... Turner spent much of her early life between Alexandria, LA and New Orleans, and early became a refugee from the American Civil War, which destroyed her father's fortune.... Began painting at 22; her early works were portraits and bayou landscapes. Initially self-taught, she began taking free classes offered by Tulane University.... Turner traveled with Chase and his class to Italy in 1904, 1905, and 1911, but otherwise appears to have shown scant interest in studying abroad, unlike other American Impressionists.... Elected an associate of the National Academy of Design in 1913, receiving 61 out of 64 votes; elected a full member in 1921, only the third woman to achieve the distinction and one of the first Academicians from the Southern United States. Furthermore.... (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Turner_(artist) ) undefined

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