Beverly Hallam became known for pioneering polyvinyl acetate, which became known as acrylic. She was born in 1923, and studied at the Massachusetts College of Art and at Syracuse University. She was also the winner of many awards and prizes.

From 1945-51 she painted figures and landscapes in oil, black oil and encaustic. Work in acrylic of flowers and ocean and rock formations followed. She has worked in high relief on stretched linen and in monotypes in oil, printed by hand using gelatin rollers. Since 1981 she has worked in acrylics, using an air brush on large canvases, mostly of enlarged florals.

Beverly Hallam from 1945 to 1949 was Chairman of the Art Department at Lazell Junior College, and from 1949 to 1962 was Asso...