Davenport Griffen
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William Davenport Griffen (1894 Millbrook, New York
- 1986 San Rafael, California
) was an American artist
, and muralist.
, and studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, and the Art Institute of Chicago
.
In 1928, he won a scholarship.
He worked for the Illinois WPA
. He painted a mural at Flora, Illinois
.
His works are at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
, Smithsonian American Art Museum
, and the Whitney Museum of American Art
.
Millbrook, New York
Millbrook is a village in Dutchess County, New York, United States. It is often said to be a "low-key version of the Hamptons" and one of the wealthiest towns in New York State. Millbrook's estimated town population was 1,551 in 2008. Millbrook is located in the Hudson Valley, an hour and thirty...
- 1986 San Rafael, California
San Rafael, California
San Rafael is a city and the county seat of Marin County, California, United States. The city is located in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area...
) was an American artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
, and muralist.
Life
He graduated from Iowa State UniversityIowa State University
Iowa State University of Science and Technology, more commonly known as Iowa State University , is a public land-grant and space-grant research university located in Ames, Iowa, United States. Iowa State has produced astronauts, scientists, and Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners, along with a host of...
, and studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, and the Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago is one of America's largest accredited independent schools of art and design, located in the Loop in Chicago, Illinois. It is associated with the museum of the same name, and "The Art Institute of Chicago" or "Chicago Art Institute" often refers to either...
.
In 1928, he won a scholarship.
He worked for the Illinois WPA
WPA
- Agencies and organizations :*World Pool-Billiard Association*World Psychiatric Association- United States :*Washington Project for the Arts*Women's Prison Association...
. He painted a mural at Flora, Illinois
Flora, Illinois
Flora is a city in Clay County, Illinois, United States. The population was 5,086 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Flora is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land....
.
His works are at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is a museum and art school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1805 and is the oldest art museum and school in the United States. The academy's museum is internationally known for its collections of 19th and 20th century American paintings,...
, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
The Smithsonian American Art Museum is a museum in Washington, D.C. with an extensive collection of American art.Part of the Smithsonian Institution, the museum has a broad variety of American art that covers all regions and art movements found in the United States...
, and the Whitney Museum of American Art
Whitney Museum of American Art
The Whitney Museum of American Art, often referred to simply as "the Whitney", is an art museum with a focus on 20th- and 21st-century American art. Located at 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street in New York City, the Whitney's permanent collection contains more than 18,000 works in a wide variety of...
.
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