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... Read full biography
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,... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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 Associate Professor... Read full biography
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 Associate Professor of Painting at Massachusetts College of Art. She has also lectured extensively on the "Use of Polyvinyl Acetate (Acrylic) as a Pai... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (10)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997
Marquis Who's Who
1,515 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
A Century of Color, 1886-1986: Ogunquit, Maine's Art Colony (Exhibition catalog)
1987
Tragard, Louise; Patricia Hart and W.L. Copithorne
140 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans