Jenne Chavaz Magafan

Jenne Magafan (1916–1952) was an American painter and muralist. During her short-lived career, she became a successful mural painter in the 1930s and early 1940s. She gained national prominence for her work in the New Deal art program. Her twin sister Ethel Magafan was also a muralist. Her 1941 mural Cowboy Dance is located in the Anson, Texas, post office. Her work is also included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art and the Carnegie Museum of Art. She died of a brain aneurysm in 1952, aged 36, at Albany Hospital.