Diane Travis was born in 1892 in New York City. She
studied with Ary Stillman and Howard Giles and in Paris. She lived
for times in New Orleans and Tulsa before moving the Dallas in
1935. Her exhibition career in prestigious venues includes prize
winning paintings in the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Annual in
1932 and in The Texas State Fair Annuals of 1935 and 1939. In 1940
she moved to Houston and continued painting and exhibiting in the HMFA.