Biographical Directory of Kansas Artists Active Before 1945
2006Craig, Susan (Compiler)
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1901 Kearney, Nebraska - 1982 Denver, Colorado. Known for: Mural and landscape painting, sculpture.
Known primarily for his murals, Edgar Britton was also a painter in oil and watercolor and a sculptor in bronze. His work, with "simplified, weighty forms", (Kennedy 95) was obviously influenced by... Read full biography
Known primarily for his murals, Edgar Britton was also a painter in oil and watercolor and a sculptor in bronze. His work, with "simplified, weighty forms", (Kennedy 95) was obviously influenced by the social-realist style of the Mexican muralists including Diego Rivera, Jose Orozco, and David... Read full biography
Known primarily for his murals, Edgar Britton was also a painter in oil and watercolor and a sculptor in bronze. His work, with "simplified, weighty forms", (Kennedy 95) was obviously influenced by the social-realist style of the Mexican muralists including Diego Rivera, Jose Orozco, and David Siqueiros. Britton was born in Kearney, Nebraska and studied at the University of Iowa and with Grand Wood from 1920 to 1924. His reputation was established during the Depression years when he did... Read full biography
Known primarily for his murals, Edgar Britton was also a painter in oil and watercolor and a sculptor in bronze. His work, with "simplified, weighty forms", (Kennedy 95) was obviously influenced by the social-realist style of the Mexican muralists including Diego Rivera, Jose Orozco, and David Siqueiros. Britton was born in Kearney, Nebraska and studied at the University of Iowa and with Grand Wood from 1920 to 1924. His reputation was established during the Depression years when he did numerous paintings and murals for the Federal Art Project including serving as Director from 1940 to 1941 of the mural division of the Illinois Art Project. His fresco work, completed for the Works Progress Administration, is in the Waterloo, Iowa Post... Read full biography
Known primarily for his murals, Edgar Britton was also a painter in oil and watercolor and a sculptor in bronze. His work, with "simplified, weighty forms", (Kennedy 95) was obviously influenced by the social-realist style of the Mexican muralists including Diego Rivera, Jose Orozco, and David Siqueiros. Britton was born in Kearney, Nebraska and studied at the University of Iowa and with Grand Wood from 1920 to 1924. His reputation was established during the Depression years when he did numerous paintings and murals for the Federal Art Project including serving as Director from 1940 to 1941 of the mural division of the Illinois Art Project. His fresco work, completed for the Works Progress Administration, is in the Waterloo, Iowa Post Office; and Chicago Heights, Illinois at Bloom High School. On June 3, 1982, it was named the first high school... Read full biography
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesDavenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesChicago Modern 1893-1945: Pursuit of the New
2004
(Exhibition catalog)Kennedy, Elizabeth (Editor)176 pages (color)A Guide to Chicago's Murals
2001Gray, Mary Lachritz; F Schulze488 pages (color)The Erotic Art of Edgar Britton
2001Hilberry, Jane0 pages (color)John F. Carlson and Artists of the Broadmoor Academy
1999Cuba, Stanley104 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesBiennial Exhibition Record of the Corcoran Gallery of Art
1991
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings335 pagesThe Annual & Biennial Exhibition Record of the Whitney Museum of Art (Whitney Museum of American Art, 1918-1989)
1991
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor); Andrea Ansell Bien468 pagesThe Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)1,117 pagesPikes Peak Vision The Broadmoor Art Academy, 1919-1945
1989
(Exhibition catalog)Colorado Springs Art Center196 pages (color)Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1989
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)538 pagesThe American Painting Collection of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
1988Geske, Norman and Karen O. Janovy376 pages (color)Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986Opitz, Glenn B (editor)1,081 pagesWho Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)707 pagesTradition and Innovation in New Deal Art
1983Contreras, Belasario R253 pagesAmerican Art in the Newark Museum Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
1981Newark Museum431 pages (color)Role and Impact: The Chicago Society of Artists
1979Yochim, Louise Dunn297 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976Jaques Cattell Press756 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1973
1973Jaques Cattell Press927 pagesArt for the Millions Essays by...Artists...WPA Federal Art Project
1973O'Connor, Francis V (editor)317 pagesA Show of Color 100 Years of Painting/Pike's Peak Region
1971
(Exhibition catalog)Shalkop, Robert L94 pagesAmerican Art from the Denver Art Museum Collection
1969Curator127 pagesPaintings in the Art Institute of Chicago/A Catalogue of the Collection
1961Art Institute of Chicago490 pages (color)Who's Who in American Art, 1947
1947Gilbert, Dorothy, (Editor)685 pagesIowa Artists of the First Hundred Years
1939Ness, Zenobia; Louise Orwig253 pages (color)Frontiers of American Art: Works Progress Administration
1939
(Exhibition catalog)Parker, Thomas (De Young Mus)111 pagesAmerican Painting Today
1939Watson, Forbes (essay)179 pages (color)New Horizons in American Art (Federal Art Project exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, NY)
1936
(Exhibition catalog)Cahill, Holger (Introduction)171 pagesMallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge1,130 pages