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'''Walter Beach Humphrey''' (1892 - 1966) was |
'''Walter Beach Humphrey''' (1892 - 1966) was a well known [[United States|American]] [[artist]], [[painter]], [[teacher|art teacher]] and [[illustrator]]. He was born in [[Elkhorn, Wisconsin]] and died at the hospital in [[Glens Falls, New York]] at the age of 73. |
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A 1914 graduate of [[Dartmouth College]], he studied at the Art Students League. He taught at the [[University of Chicago]], [[Bradley University]] in [[Peoria, Illinois]], and the [[School of Commerce of New York University]]. He taught commercial art at [[New Rochelle High School]] for 22 years until 1963. For Dartmouth he painted murals illustrating the song about its founder, "Eleazer Wheelock," for the walls of the rathskeller of Thayer Hall.<ref>[http://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F20D10FC3D5812718DDDAB0994D8415B868AF1D3 NY Times Obituary]</ref> |
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Humphrey did covers for leading magazines including [[The Saturday Evening Post]], book illustrations, portraits and other art work. He was a resident of [[New Rochelle, New York]] where he also served on The New Rochelle Art Association and the New Rochelle Council on The Arts]]. |
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* [http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/3aa/3aa364a.htm Toast of the Town: Norman Rockwell and the Artists of New Rochelle] |
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* [http://americangallery.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/walter-beach-humphrey-1892-1966 Walter Beach Humphrey] |
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Revision as of 06:49, 27 December 2009
Walter Beach Humphrey (1892 - 1966) was a well known American artist, painter, art teacher and illustrator. He was born in Elkhorn, Wisconsin and died at the hospital in Glens Falls, New York at the age of 73.
A 1914 graduate of Dartmouth College, he studied at the Art Students League. He taught at the University of Chicago, Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, and the School of Commerce of New York University. He taught commercial art at New Rochelle High School for 22 years until 1963. For Dartmouth he painted murals illustrating the song about its founder, "Eleazer Wheelock," for the walls of the rathskeller of Thayer Hall.[1]
Humphrey did covers for leading magazines including The Saturday Evening Post, book illustrations, portraits and other art work. He was a resident of New Rochelle, New York where he also served on The New Rochelle Art Association and the New Rochelle Council on The Arts]].
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