HOWARD WILBUR THOMAS (1899–1971). Born in Mount Pleasant, Ohio in 1899, Howard Wilbur Thomas spent most of his childhood summers on the farms of Quaker communities in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Within... Read full biography
HOWARD WILBUR THOMAS (1899–1971). Born in Mount Pleasant, Ohio in 1899, Howard Wilbur Thomas spent most of his childhood summers on the farms of Quaker communities in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Within that community, it was Thomas’s grandfather who showed the young artist the quiet integrity and the... Read full biography
HOWARD WILBUR THOMAS (1899–1971). Born in Mount Pleasant, Ohio in 1899, Howard Wilbur Thomas spent most of his childhood summers on the farms of Quaker communities in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Within that community, it was Thomas’s grandfather who showed the young artist the quiet integrity and the bond with Earth that would inspire him for the rest of his life. After graduating from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1922, he began teaching high school art classes in Wisconsin, where... Read full biography
HOWARD WILBUR THOMAS (1899–1971). Born in Mount Pleasant, Ohio in 1899, Howard Wilbur Thomas spent most of his childhood summers on the farms of Quaker communities in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Within that community, it was Thomas’s grandfather who showed the young artist the quiet integrity and the bond with Earth that would inspire him for the rest of his life. After graduating from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1922, he began teaching high school art classes in Wisconsin, where he became friends with Carl Holty. When he returned from his travels through Europe in 1928, he began teaching full-time at Milwaukee State Teachers College. For the next decade, he would exhibit works across the United States to critical acclaim.... Read full biography
HOWARD WILBUR THOMAS (1899–1971). Born in Mount Pleasant, Ohio in 1899, Howard Wilbur Thomas spent most of his childhood summers on the farms of Quaker communities in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Within that community, it was Thomas’s grandfather who showed the young artist the quiet integrity and the bond with Earth that would inspire him for the rest of his life. After graduating from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1922, he began teaching high school art classes in Wisconsin, where he became friends with Carl Holty. When he returned from his travels through Europe in 1928, he began teaching full-time at Milwaukee State Teachers College. For the next decade, he would exhibit works across the United States to critical acclaim. Thomas’s work in this era was realist and regionalist, reflecting his focus on the cultural and emotional isolation of the small town... Read full biography
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