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Davenport Griffen

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William Davenport Griffen (1894 Millbrook, New York – 1986 San Rafael, California) was an American artist and muralist.[1]

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Education

He graduated from Iowa State University and studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and at the Art Institute of Chicago.[2] In 1928, he won the $750 John Quincy Adams scholarship to the Art Institute.[3]

Career

Good News and Bad (1936), study for Griffen's post office mural in Flora, Illinois

He worked for the Illinois Works Progress Administration.[4][5] For the Treasury Department's Section of Painting and Sculpture, he painted a mural at the Flora, Illinois post office, Good News and Bad, in 1937.[6] He painted a second post office mural in Carmi, Illinois titled Service to the Farmer, in 1939. His works are displayed at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Smithsonian American Art Museum,[7] and the Whitney Museum of American Art. His work was exhibited at the Carnegie Institute, Corcoran gallery of art, Pennsylvania academy of the Fine arts and the Art Institute of Chicago and more[8]

References

  1. ^ "Illinois Historical Art Project - List of Illinois Artists". Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
  2. ^ "Fine Estate Art :: Artists :: Davenport Griffen".
  3. ^ Eleanor Jewett (May 3, 1928). "Art Institute School Scholarship Award Won by Tunis Ponsen". Chicago Daily Tribune. Chicago, Illinois.
  4. ^ "Illinois New Deal/WPA Art". Archived from the original on August 10, 2011. Retrieved August 10, 2011.
  5. ^ "New Deal/W.P.A. Artist Biographies | WPAmurals.com". Archived from the original on April 20, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2011.
  6. ^ "Flora, IL New Deal Art". Archived from the original on August 5, 2011. Retrieved August 10, 2011.
  7. ^ "Good News and Bad (Mural study, Flora, Illinois Post Office) | Smithsonian American Art Museum".
  8. ^ "Davenport Griffen Biography | Annex Galleries Fine Prints".

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