Iowa History
An IAGenWeb Special Project
|
|
Iowa History An IAGenWeb Special Project
|
|
| IOWA
ARTISTS of the FIRST HUNDRED YEARS by Zenobia B. Ness Ames, Iowa and Louise Orwig Des Moines, Iowa |
Surnames "A"
| NAME | ADDRESS | ARTISTIC FIELD | BORN | BIRTH DATE | PG. | MISCELLANEOUS NOTES (MOSTLY IOWA CONNECTIONS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron, Mrs. May Todd | Pawhuska, Oklahoma | Painter | Lacelle, Iowa | 11 | ||
| Abbey, Iva L. | Des Moines, Iowa | Painter and teacher | Chester, Connecticut | March 25, 1882 | 11 | |
| Abbott, Samuel Nelson | Stone Ridge, Ulster County, New York | Illustrator | Mechanicsville, Iowa | Nov. 20, 1874 | 11 | |
| Adair, Louise Ruth | Indianola, Iowa | Painter, teacher | Redding, Iowa | Nov. 1, 1913 | 11 | Studied at Cumming School of Art; B.A. State Univ. of Iowa; Taught art at Marion, Iowa 1938-39 |
| Adams, Bertrand | Webster City, Iowa | Painter | Webster City, Iowa | Nov. 29, 1907 | 11 | Grad of University of Iowa; in 1914 worked under Grant Wood |
| Adams, Clifton Emerson | Lohrville, Iowa | Sculptor | LaPlace, Illinois | Feb. 29, 1904 | 12 | |
| Adkins, Guy Thomas | Des Moines, Iowa | Commercial artist | Carlisle, Iowa | Nov. 1, 1906 | 12 | Studied at Cumming School of Art; assoc. with Freeman Decorating Company of Des Moines |
| Ahrens, Floyd | Des Moines, Iowa | Commercial artist | 13 | Self taught; advertising art; formerly assoc. with Kerr S. Forman, Coolidge Advertising Company | ||
| Albrecht, Clarence John | New York City, New York | Sculptor, lecturer, & teacher | Waverly, Iowa | Sept. 30. 1891 | 13 | "Natural History" painting was presented to Cedar Rapids Public Library |
| Albright, Adam Emory | Warrenville, Du Page County, Illinois | Noted painter | Monroe, Wisconsin | Aug. 15, 1862 | 13 | Moved to Chickasaw County, Iowa at age 1; lived in Iowa until 18 years old |
| Albro, Maxine | San Francisco, California | Mural painter, lithographer | Iowa | Jan. 20. 1903 | 13 | |
| Alexander, Allen John | Des Moines, Iowa | Commercial artist | Marysville, Missouri | Sept. 24, 1905 | 14 | Studied West high school and Cumming School of Art, Des Moines |
| Alfaro, Manuel | Des Moines, Iowa | Painter and decorator | San Francisco, California | Decorated city hall in Des Moines in 1933, Public Works Project | ||
| Allen, Harriet | Ames, Iowa | Painter, teacher | Ames, Iowa | Oct.7, 1903 | 14 | Studied Iowa State College |
| Allen, Josephine | Des Moines, Iowa | Commercial artist | Pocahontas, Iowa | 14 | Studied Iowa State College, Ames, IA & University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA | |
| Allen, Lee | Iowa City, Iowa | Painter and illustrator | Muscatine, Iowa | Sept. 16, 1910 | 14 | Studied at Cumming School of Art, Des Moines; State University of Iowa; assisted Grant Wood in Public Works Projects |
| Allen, Mary Gertrude | Des Moines, Iowa | Student painter | Muscatine, Iowa | April 5, 1914 | 15 | Studied at State University of Iowa |
| Allen, Robert Wesley | Des Moines, Iowa | Commercial artist | Des Moines, Iowa | Oct. 20, 1914 | 15 | Studied in public schools; Register and Tribune editorial department artist |
| Allison, Harold P. | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | Painter | 15 | Studied at Coe College | ||
| Andersen, Lewis | Kansas City, Missouri | Sculptor | Humboldt, Iowa | March 11, 1905 | 15 | Grad. From Humboldt high school, 1921; attended Iowa State College |
| Anderson, Mrs. Lucy M. | Fort Dodge, Iowa | Painter | Waterloo, Iowa | July 27, 1881 | 15-16 | In 1931 studied at Stone City under Grant Wood and Adrian Dornbush |
| Anderson, Opal Adams | Des Moines, Iowa | Painter and sculptor | Lincoln, Nebraska | 16 | Lived in Des Moines since one year old; studied Cumming School of Art | |
| Andre, George Henry | Des Moines, Iowa | Painter | Sturgeon, Pennsylvania | March 17, 1905 | 16 | Self taught except one year night class Cumming School of Art |
| Andrist, Alice | Mount Vernon, Iowa | Portrait painter | Minneapolis, Minnesota | March 5, 1902 | 16-17 | Mrs. Karl Andrist |
| Apfel, Henry | Shell Rock, Iowa | Protrait and landscape painter | Soultz in Lorraine, France | April 1, 1838 | 17 | Came to America with parents in 1841 & settled in Chicago; moved to Waverly, Iowa in 1865 and started photograph gallery; moved to Shell Rock after being notified via telegram that the Great Chicago Fire had destroyed his house there and all his paintings made prior |
| Arnold, Aden F. | Iowa City, Iowa | Painter and teacher | Jefferson, Iowa | Dec. 3, 1901 | 17 | B.A. and M.A. from Univ. of Iowa |
| Arnold, W. W. | Des Moines, Iowa | Commercial artist and painter | Cincinnati, Ohio | Employed as Art Director of Meredith Publishing Company sixteen years, Des Moines; in 1935, charge of PWA Art Project for Iowa | ||
| Ashton, Frank Clifford | No current address listed | Painter | Perry, Iowa | 17 | Lived also in Des Moines | |
| Atchley, Whitney | Des Moines, Iowa | Colorist and designer | Des Moines, Iowa | April 16, 1908 | 18 | Studied Des Moines public schools; present position Technical Adviser in Ceramics, Works Progress Administration, Washington, D. C. |
| Athey, Thelma | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | Painter, commercial artist | Blairstown, Iowa | Dec. 21, 1908 | 18 | |
| Aulmann, Theodora | Los Angeles, California | Painter | Alton, Illinois | May 5, 1882 | 18 | Studied at Cumming School of Art, Des Moines, Iowa; lived in Des Moines until 1920 when family moved to Los Angeles, California |
| Aurand, Evelyn Parkinson | Fort Dodge, Iowa | Painter | Savannah, Illinois | 18-19 | Mrs. R. H. Aurand; Art instructor at Western Union College, Le Mars, Iowa, 1919-1922 and again 1927-1933 | |
| Aurner, Kathryn Dayton | Madison, Wisconsin | Painter and illustrator | Iowa City, Iowa | Sept. 23, 1898 | 19 | Mrs. Robert Ray Aurner; Pupil of Charles A. Cumming; State University of Iowa |
| Ayres, Don P. | Hollywood, California | Artchitect, teacher & painter | Cedar County, Iowa | Aug. 26, 1904 | 19 | Registered Architect; Instructor in free hand drawing and architectural design at Iowa State College (now on leave) |