Mimi Jennewein

Jennewein was born in Rome, Italy, the daughter of sculptor C. Paul Jennewein.^[1][2] She attended Mamaroneck Junior High in Mamaroneck, New York, and later attended the Art Students League, the National Academy of Design, and Yale University, graduating in 1942 with a Bachelor's in Fine Arts in painting.^[3][4][5]

She later married James Triggs.^[5]

While attending Yale, Jennewein painted three in a series of eight murals depicting the life of James Fenimore Cooper at Mamaroneck High School; they were dedicated on September 15, 1941.^[3][6]

One of Jennewein's watercolor paintings is housed at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.^[1]