Francis Speight was born in Windsor, North Carolina in 1896. He lived most of his life in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. The artist studied at both the Corcoran School of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy... Read full biography
Francis Speight was born in Windsor, North Carolina in 1896. He lived most of his life in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. The artist studied at both the Corcoran School of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Speight became an associate member of the National Academy of Design in 1937 and a... Read full biography
Francis Speight was born in Windsor, North Carolina in 1896. He lived most of his life in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. The artist studied at both the Corcoran School of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Speight became an associate member of the National Academy of Design in 1937 and a full member in 1940. Francis Speight held exhibitions of his works and won prizes or medals at the National Academy of Design, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Connecticut Academy of... Read full biography
Francis Speight was born in Windsor, North Carolina in 1896. He lived most of his life in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. The artist studied at both the Corcoran School of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Speight became an associate member of the National Academy of Design in 1937 and a full member in 1940. Francis Speight held exhibitions of his works and won prizes or medals at the National Academy of Design, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Connecticut Academy of the Fine Arts, the Sketch Club of Philadelphia, the Society of Washington Artists, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Speight is represented by many museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Boston Museum of Fine... Read full biography
Francis Speight was born in Windsor, North Carolina in 1896. He lived most of his life in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. The artist studied at both the Corcoran School of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Speight became an associate member of the National Academy of Design in 1937 and a full member in 1940. Francis Speight held exhibitions of his works and won prizes or medals at the National Academy of Design, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Connecticut Academy of the Fine Arts, the Sketch Club of Philadelphia, the Society of Washington Artists, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Speight is represented by many museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Toronto Gallery of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Norton Gallery of Art, the Montpelier Museum of Art, the Encyc... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (38)
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New Hope for American Art A Comprehensive Showing of Important 20th Century Paintings from and Surrounding the New Hope Art Colony
2005
Alterman, James M.
612 pages (color)
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
Pennsylvania Impressionism
2002
Gerdts, William; Brian H. Peterson & Yount
340 pages (color)
The Privilege to Paint: The Lives of Francis Speicht and Sarah Blakeslee
2002
York, Maurice C
146 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Greenville County Museum of Art The Southern Collection
1995
Severens, Martha R
289 pages (color)
Biennial Exhibition Record of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Falk, Peter Hastings
335 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings
622 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
American and European Paintings (Schwarz Galleries, Philadelphia) (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Robert Schwarz
32 pages (color)
Depression Post Office Murals and Southern Culture/A Gentle Reconstruction
1989
Beckham, Sue Bidwell
338 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
The American Paintings (in the) Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art
1989
Fresella-Lee, Nancy
222 pages (color)
American Impressionism and other movements (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Schwarz-Philadelphia
53 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Painting in the South: 1564-1980 (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Virginia Museum, Richmond
362 pages (color)
The Neglected Generation of American Realist Painters, 1930-48 Wichita Art Museum Exhibition, May 3-June 14, 1981 (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Wooden, Howard E. (Text)
64 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 pages
Philadelphia: Three Centuries of American Art Philadelphia Museum of Art (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Marcus, George H. (Editor)
166 pages (color)
Two Hundred Years of Visual Arts in North Carolina (Exhibition catalog)
1976
North Carolina Museum of Art
146 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1973
1973
Jaques Cattell Press
927 pages
American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Two Volumes)
1969
Rathbone, Perry Townsend (Ed)
600 pages (color)
North Carolina Collects (loan exhibition N Carolina owned) (Exhibition catalog)
1967
North Carolina Museum of Art
192 pages
History of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953
1954
Clark, Eliot
296 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1947
1947
Gilbert, Dorothy, (Editor)
685 pages
Contemporary American Painting
1946
Pagano, Grace; Donald Bear (Intro)
260 pages (color)
The Fifty-fifth Annual American Exhibition: Water Colors and Drawings (Exhibition catalog)
1944
The Art Institute of Chicago
22 pages
Survey of American Painting (Exhibition catalog)
1940
Carnegie Institute
320 pages
Eyes on America United States as Seen by Her Artists
1940
Hall, W. S.
150 pages (color)
Modern Art in America
1939
Cheney, Martha Candler
190 pages
American Painting Today
1939
Watson, Forbes (essay)
179 pages (color)
First National Exhibition of American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1936
Breckinridge, Mrs. (essay)
32 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935
Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge
1,130 pages
A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings & Sculpture, Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)