HOWARD WILBUR THOMAS (1899–1971). Born in Mount Pleasant, Ohio in 1899, Howard Wilbur Thomas spent most of his childhood summers on the farms of Quaker communities in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Within... Read full biography
HOWARD WILBUR THOMAS (1899–1971). Born in Mount Pleasant, Ohio in 1899, Howard Wilbur Thomas spent most of his childhood summers on the farms of Quaker communities in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Within that community, it was Thomas’s grandfather who showed the young artist the quiet integrity and the... Read full biography
HOWARD WILBUR THOMAS (1899–1971). Born in Mount Pleasant, Ohio in 1899, Howard Wilbur Thomas spent most of his childhood summers on the farms of Quaker communities in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Within that community, it was Thomas’s grandfather who showed the young artist the quiet integrity and the bond with Earth that would inspire him for the rest of his life. After graduating from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1922, he began teaching high school art classes in Wisconsin, where... Read full biography
HOWARD WILBUR THOMAS (1899–1971). Born in Mount Pleasant, Ohio in 1899, Howard Wilbur Thomas spent most of his childhood summers on the farms of Quaker communities in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Within that community, it was Thomas’s grandfather who showed the young artist the quiet integrity and the bond with Earth that would inspire him for the rest of his life. After graduating from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1922, he began teaching high school art classes in Wisconsin, where he became friends with Carl Holty. When he returned from his travels through Europe in 1928, he began teaching full-time at Milwaukee State Teachers College. For the next decade, he would exhibit works across the United States to critical acclaim.... Read full biography
HOWARD WILBUR THOMAS (1899–1971). Born in Mount Pleasant, Ohio in 1899, Howard Wilbur Thomas spent most of his childhood summers on the farms of Quaker communities in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Within that community, it was Thomas’s grandfather who showed the young artist the quiet integrity and the bond with Earth that would inspire him for the rest of his life. After graduating from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1922, he began teaching high school art classes in Wisconsin, where he became friends with Carl Holty. When he returned from his travels through Europe in 1928, he began teaching full-time at Milwaukee State Teachers College. For the next decade, he would exhibit works across the United States to critical acclaim. Thomas’s work in this era was realist and regionalist, reflecting his focus on the cultural and emotional isolation of the small town... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (15)
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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 Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Triumph of Color and Light: Ohio Impressionists and Post Impressionists (Exhibition catalog)
1994
Kany, James M; Nannette V. Maciejunes
170 pages (color)
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 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)
Role and Impact: The Chicago Society of Artists
1979
Yochim, Louise Dunn
297 pages
Two Hundred Years of Visual Arts in North Carolina (Exhibition catalog)
1976
North Carolina Museum of Art
146 pages
American Paintings in the High Museum of Art/Bicentenial Catalogue
1975
Chambers, Bruce W
127 pages (color)
Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection
1975
Editor, Smithsonian
0 pages
Art Across America (Exhibition catalog)
1965
Selz, Peter
64 pages (color)
American Painting Today 1950 A National Competitive Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1950
Metropolitan Museum of Art
60 pages
First National Exhibition of American Art (Exhibition catalog)