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William Davenport Griffen (1894 Millbrook, New York - 1986 San Rafael, California) was an American artist, and muralist.[1]
Life
He graduated from Iowa State University, and studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, and the Art Institute of Chicago.[2] In 1928, he won a scholarship.[3]
He worked for the Illinois WPA.[4][5] He painted a mural at Flora, Illinois.[6]
His works are at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Smithsonian American Art Museum,[7] and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
References
- ^ http://www.illinoisart.org/artists_list.html
- ^ http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/davenport_griffen
- ^ Eleanor Jewett (May 3, 1928). "Art Institute School Scholarship Award Won by Tunis Ponsen". Chicago Daily Tribune (Chicago, Illinois). http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/456674192.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=May+3%2C+1928&author=ELEANOR+JEWETT&pub=Chicago+Daily+Tribune+(1923-1963)&edition=&startpage=27&desc=Art+Institute+School+Scholarship+A+ward+Won+by+Tunis+Ponsen.
- ^ http://www.wpamurals.com/illartists.html
- ^ http://www.wpamurals.com/wpabios.html#G
- ^ http://www.wpamurals.com/floraIL.htm
- ^ http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=9594
External links
- http://www.richardnortongallery.com/?loc=artists&id=670
- http://www.annexgalleries.com/artists/biography/874/Griffen/William
- http://www.artic.edu/aic/libraries/research/specialcollections/aic/exhibitions/1930/1931.html
- "Davenport Griffen Has Good Paintings in Current Show", Chicago Daily Tribune, Eleanor Jewett, December 12, 1929
Categories:- 1894 births
- 1986 deaths
- American artists
- Iowa State University alumni
- People from Dutchess County, New York
- Artists from New York
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago alumni
- American muralists
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