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"Happy Animal Families." and 7 other illustrations for the book of the same name by Ernestine Beyer (Grosset and Dunlap, 1952.) (8)
Auction: 03/21/2017
Lot: 42
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John Pike AUCTION RECORDS
1911 Boston, Massachusetts - 1979. Known for: Watercolor sea-landscape painting, illustrator, genre.
John Pike was a student of Charles Hawthorne and Richard Miller. In 1933, he went to Jamaica, W.I., married and had one son. After painting, doing advertising for the rum industry, designing stores,... Read full biography
John Pike was a student of Charles Hawthorne and Richard Miller. In 1933, he went to Jamaica, W.I., married and had one son. After painting, doing advertising for the rum industry, designing stores, nightclubs, theaters and painting murals, the artist returned to this country in 1938 to exhibit.... Read full biography
John Pike was a student of Charles Hawthorne and Richard Miller. In 1933, he went to Jamaica, W.I., married and had one son. After painting, doing advertising for the rum industry, designing stores, nightclubs, theaters and painting murals, the artist returned to this country in 1938 to exhibit. Since then he has had over fifty four one-man shows. After pilot training, Mr. Pike served in the Psychological Warfare Branch in Egypt and Italy. Then to the Philippines where he transferred to the... Read full biography
John Pike was a student of Charles Hawthorne and Richard Miller. In 1933, he went to Jamaica, W.I., married and had one son. After painting, doing advertising for the rum industry, designing stores, nightclubs, theaters and painting murals, the artist returned to this country in 1938 to exhibit. Since then he has had over fifty four one-man shows. After pilot training, Mr. Pike served in the Psychological Warfare Branch in Egypt and Italy. Then to the Philippines where he transferred to the Combat Art Section, Corps of Engineers, heading the unit to record U.S. occupation of Korea in 1945. These paintings are in the Historical Properties Section of the War Department. As a member of the Air Force Historical Foundation (1945-1960), Mr. Pike... Read full biography
John Pike was a student of Charles Hawthorne and Richard Miller. In 1933, he went to Jamaica, W.I., married and had one son. After painting, doing advertising for the rum industry, designing stores, nightclubs, theaters and painting murals, the artist returned to this country in 1938 to exhibit. Since then he has had over fifty four one-man shows. After pilot training, Mr. Pike served in the Psychological Warfare Branch in Egypt and Italy. Then to the Philippines where he transferred to the Combat Art Section, Corps of Engineers, heading the unit to record U.S. occupation of Korea in 1945. These paintings are in the Historical Properties Section of the War Department. As a member of the Air Force Historical Foundation (1945-1960), Mr. Pike did paintings for the USAF in France, Germany, Thule Greenland, Ecuador, Columbia, Japan and Formosa. Thes... Read full biography
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