Arthur Watson Sparks

Arthur Watson Sparks

Arthur Watson Sparks (1871 – 1919) was an American painter.

He was born in Washington, DC to Mary and Frederick Sparks, a federal government clerk. He trained as an architect and also studied art in the evenings at the Corcoran Art School. In 1898 he won a design competition, along with his collaborator J. Elfreth Watkins, chief of buildings for the United States National Museum, for a proposed Hall of American Inventions to be built at the 1900 Paris Expo. Sparks remained in Paris, France for ten years where he studied art at Académie Julian and Ecole des Beaux Arts.

Arthur Hamerschlag, head of Andrew Carnegie's new Carnegie Technical Schools, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, hired Sparks as the founding head of the Department of Painting and Illustration, where he taught for eleven years until 1919. That same year he resigned to join the art colony at New Hope, Pennsylvania to be near his friend the painter Edward Redfield. Sparks, however, contracted Spanish flu that August and died in Philadelphia.

References

*cite book | author=Chew, Paul A. | title=Arthur Watson Sparks, American Impressionist : [exhibition] the Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, December 7, 1963 through January 21, 1964 | location=Greensburg | publisher=Westmoreland County Museum of Art | year=1963
*cite book | author=Fenton, Edwin | title=Carnegie Mellon 1900-2000: A Centennial History | location=Pittsburgh | publisher=Carnegie Mellon University Press | year=2000 | id=ISBN 0-88748-323-2
* Patricia Lowry (2007). [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07359/844311-85.stm "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette": The Story of Rankin] . Retrieved December 27, 2007.

External links

* [http://www.arthurwatsonsparks.com/ Arthur Watson Sparks webpage]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Arthur L. Day Medal — The Arthur L. Day Medal is a prize awarded by the Geological Society of America, established in 1948 by Arthur Louis Day for outstanding distinction in contributing to geologic knowledge through the application of physics and chemistry to the… …   Wikipedia

  • Tim Sparks — (* 31. Oktober 1954) ist ein US amerikanischer Fingerstyle Gitarrist aus Winston Salem, North Carolina. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Académie Julian — The Académie Julian was an art school in Paris, France.Rodolphe Julian established the Académie Julian in 1868 at the Passage des Panoramas, as a private studio school for art students. At the time, the government sanctioned art school of France …   Wikipedia

  • Nate Dunn — Catalog from The Canton Art Institute, featuring Nate Dunn The Cove Oil on Canvas by …   Wikipedia

  • 1990 New Year Honours — Contents 1 United Kingdom 1.1 Life Peers 1.2 Privy Counsellors 1.3 Knights Bachelor 1.4 Order of the …   Wikipedia

  • Contributors — ▪ 2000       Adams, Andy. Editor and Publisher, Sumo World. Author of Sumo; Sumo World Record Book. • sports and games: Judo; Wrestling: Sumo       Ahn, Ki suk. Assistant Editor, Shindonga of Donga Ilbo. • biographies (in part)       Alder,… …   Universalium

  • Ditmar Award results — Main article: Ditmar Award The Ditmar Award is Australia s oldest and best known science fiction, fantasy and horror award, presented annually at the Australian NatCon since 1969. The historical nominations and results (listed in boldface) of the …   Wikipedia

  • Sherlock-Holmes-Pastiches — sind Fortsetzungen und Ergänzungen zur Sherlock Holmes Serie von Sir Arthur Conan Doyle durch andere Autoren. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Allgemeines 2 Pastiches 2.1 Die erste Sherlock Holmes Pastiche …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 2000 New Year Honours — The insignia of the Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George: Andrew Wood was awarded the Grand Cross in this Honours list. The New Year Honours 2000 for the United Kingdom were announced on 31 December 1999, to celebrate the year… …   Wikipedia

  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Cambridge, Massachusetts — Location of Cambridge in Massachusetts This is a list of sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”