About Thomas R Curtin

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    Thomas Curtin was born in Pittsfield Massachusetts, November 15, 1899. He received his early education in the Pittsfield Public School System under the tutelage of George H. Dennison who recognized his potential. A friendship developed from student-teacher relationship and oils by Dennison occupied a place of honor in Curtin’s home for all his lifetime.

    Subsequent studies were at the National Academy of Design In New York, the Art Student League of New York and the Vesper George School in Boston. While at the Art Student’s League, he was a student of John F. Carlson and again a friendship grew that continued with weekend painting trips that terminated only with the untimely passing of Carlson in the mid nineteen forties.
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