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1884 Percy, Illinois - 1961 Los Angeles, California. Known for: Landscape painting; Printmaking.
William Thomas McDermitt was born in Percy, IL on March 2, 1884. Having come to southern California at an early age, McDermitt graduated from Pomona High School and Pomona College. He then continued... Read full biography
William Thomas McDermitt was born in Percy, IL on March 2, 1884. Having come to southern California at an early age, McDermitt graduated from Pomona High School and Pomona College. He then continued his studies in NYC at the Pratt Institute and Art Students League. During the 1920s he taught at... Read full biography
William Thomas McDermitt was born in Percy, IL on March 2, 1884. Having come to southern California at an early age, McDermitt graduated from Pomona High School and Pomona College. He then continued his studies in NYC at the Pratt Institute and Art Students League. During the 1920s he taught at Washington State College in Pullman. After returning to Los Angeles in the early 1930s, he began teaching at the Los Angeles Businessmen's Art Club. He often took his pupils on painting excursions into... Read full biography
William Thomas McDermitt was born in Percy, IL on March 2, 1884. Having come to southern California at an early age, McDermitt graduated from Pomona High School and Pomona College. He then continued his studies in NYC at the Pratt Institute and Art Students League. During the 1920s he taught at Washington State College in Pullman. After returning to Los Angeles in the early 1930s, he began teaching at the Los Angeles Businessmen's Art Club. He often took his pupils on painting excursions into the nearby deserts. McDermitt died in Los Angeles on Dec. 4, 1961. A highly skilled painter, his works are rare. Exh: Alaska-Yukon Expo (Seattle), 1909; Spokane Art Festival, 1928; Biltmore Salon (LA), 1937-39; San Gabriel Artists Guild, 1938; Golden... Read full biography
William Thomas McDermitt was born in Percy, IL on March 2, 1884. Having come to southern California at an early age, McDermitt graduated from Pomona High School and Pomona College. He then continued his studies in NYC at the Pratt Institute and Art Students League. During the 1920s he taught at Washington State College in Pullman. After returning to Los Angeles in the early 1930s, he began teaching at the Los Angeles Businessmen's Art Club. He often took his pupils on painting excursions into the nearby deserts. McDermitt died in Los Angeles on Dec. 4, 1961. A highly skilled painter, his works are rare. Exh: Alaska-Yukon Expo (Seattle), 1909; Spokane Art Festival, 1928; Biltmore Salon (LA), 1937-39; San Gabriel Artists Guild, 1938; Golden Gate International Exposition, 1940. Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940". American Art Annual 1921-25; Who's Who in American Art
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William Thomas McDermitt was born in Percy, IL on March 2, 1884. Having come to southern California at an early age, McDermitt graduated from Pomona High School and Pomona College.
He then continued his studies in NYC at the Pratt Institute and Art Students League. During the 1920s he taught at Washington State College in Pullman. After returning to Los Angeles in the early 1930s, he began teaching at the Los Angeles Businessmen's Art Club. He often took his pupils on painting excursions into the nearby deserts. McDermitt died in Los Angeles on Dec. 4, 1961. A highly skilled painter, his works are rare.
Exh: Alaska-Yukon Expo (Seattle), 1909; Spokane Art Festival, 1928; Biltmore Salon (LA), 1937-39; San Gabriel Artists Guild, 1938; Golden Gate International Exposition, 1940.