EUGENE HEALAN THOMASON (1895-1972). Born in Blacksburg, South Carolina, but raised in a number of southern communities, chiefly Charlotte, North Carolina, Eugene Thomason began drawing and painting... Read full biography
EUGENE HEALAN THOMASON (1895-1972). Born in Blacksburg, South Carolina, but raised in a number of southern communities, chiefly Charlotte, North Carolina, Eugene Thomason began drawing and painting at an early age. After completing his primary education at Major Bard's private school for young men,... Read full biography
EUGENE HEALAN THOMASON (1895-1972). Born in Blacksburg, South Carolina, but raised in a number of southern communities, chiefly Charlotte, North Carolina, Eugene Thomason began drawing and painting at an early age. After completing his primary education at Major Bard's private school for young men, he expressed the desire to move to New York to study art. His father, manager of the Piedmont and Northern Railroad, encouraged him to instead "do something practical" and enrolled him in the nearby... Read full biography
EUGENE HEALAN THOMASON (1895-1972). Born in Blacksburg, South Carolina, but raised in a number of southern communities, chiefly Charlotte, North Carolina, Eugene Thomason began drawing and painting at an early age. After completing his primary education at Major Bard's private school for young men, he expressed the desire to move to New York to study art. His father, manager of the Piedmont and Northern Railroad, encouraged him to instead "do something practical" and enrolled him in the nearby Davidson College. A year later, in 1917, Thomason left school and joined the Navy. After training at the submarine base in New London, Connecticut, he was assigned to the U.S.S. Pennsylvania in New York. In 1918 he received an honorable discharge and... Read full biography
EUGENE HEALAN THOMASON (1895-1972). Born in Blacksburg, South Carolina, but raised in a number of southern communities, chiefly Charlotte, North Carolina, Eugene Thomason began drawing and painting at an early age. After completing his primary education at Major Bard's private school for young men, he expressed the desire to move to New York to study art. His father, manager of the Piedmont and Northern Railroad, encouraged him to instead "do something practical" and enrolled him in the nearby Davidson College. A year later, in 1917, Thomason left school and joined the Navy. After training at the submarine base in New London, Connecticut, he was assigned to the U.S.S. Pennsylvania in New York. In 1918 he received an honorable discharge and returned to Charlotte. During his absence, the elder Thomason had spoken to his employer about his son's interest in ar... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (4)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Collecting American Paintings Identification and Values
2006
James, A. Everette, Jr.,
317 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Eugene Healan Thomason: The Ashcan Artist of Appalachia
1987
James, A. Everette, Jr., A. Everette James III, and Edwin E. Ritts, Jr.