| Cleveland, Ohio. Addresses:
Cleveland, Ohio
Profession: Painter, commercial printmaker. Co-founder and for
many years the president of a successful printing company, the Caxton
Co. (1902-1956).
Studied: Trained in commercial printing. Studied art the Art
club of Cleveland (with Frederick Gottwald); Cleveland School of Art
(graduated 1911).
Exhibited: First exhibited at the Taylor Gallery (1912). Ohio
State Fair, 1922 (prize); Cleveland Museum of Art (1920-1958); Toledo
Museum of Art (1928,29,32,35); Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
(1925-1941); Corcoran Gallery of Art (1928,31,33,35,37); Los Angeles
Museum of Art.; Carnegie Institute; and other major museums (Detroit,
Chicago, Pittsburg, St. Louis).
Member: American Graphic Assoc.; Cleveland Print Club. Founding
member: Cleveland Society of Artists.
Work: Cleveland Museum of Art; Ashtabula Library; City of
Cleveland Collection. Frequently visited Maine during the summers of
1920’s and 1930’s to paint, especially on Monhegan Island
(1). Recognized as one of the region’s
leading painters of the American scene genre of the 1920’s
(2). |
