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1873 Mt. Vernon, Illinois - 1958 El Paso, Texas. Known for: Landscape, portrait, printmaker, mural.
A commercial artist, painter, muralist, printmaker, scenic designer, and stained-glass designer, Seth Crews was born in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, and moved to Chicago as a young man and studied at the... Read full biography
A commercial artist, painter, muralist, printmaker, scenic designer, and stained-glass designer, Seth Crews was born in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, and moved to Chicago as a young man and studied at the Art Institute. He then operated an advertising studio specializing in theater posters and doing... Read full biography
A commercial artist, painter, muralist, printmaker, scenic designer, and stained-glass designer, Seth Crews was born in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, and moved to Chicago as a young man and studied at the Art Institute. He then operated an advertising studio specializing in theater posters and doing magazine illustrations for "Red Book". In 1916, he moved to New York and worked again as a commercial artist and also as a scene designer including for the Winter Garden and Hippodrome. In 1917, he began... Read full biography
A commercial artist, painter, muralist, printmaker, scenic designer, and stained-glass designer, Seth Crews was born in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, and moved to Chicago as a young man and studied at the Art Institute. He then operated an advertising studio specializing in theater posters and doing magazine illustrations for "Red Book". In 1916, he moved to New York and worked again as a commercial artist and also as a scene designer including for the Winter Garden and Hippodrome. In 1917, he began portrait painting. His wife, artist Anabel Buckham, was killed in an automobile in 1918, and Crews moved to New Mexico, living on his sister's ranch near Alamogordo. In 1925, he settled in El Paso, Texas and became known for his portraits and landscape... Read full biography
A commercial artist, painter, muralist, printmaker, scenic designer, and stained-glass designer, Seth Crews was born in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, and moved to Chicago as a young man and studied at the Art Institute. He then operated an advertising studio specializing in theater posters and doing magazine illustrations for "Red Book". In 1916, he moved to New York and worked again as a commercial artist and also as a scene designer including for the Winter Garden and Hippodrome. In 1917, he began portrait painting. His wife, artist Anabel Buckham, was killed in an automobile in 1918, and Crews moved to New Mexico, living on his sister's ranch near Alamogordo. In 1925, he settled in El Paso, Texas and became known for his portraits and landscape lithographs and for his set designs for the Bowie High School. He also completed murals in El Paso for the St. Regis Hotel, and the YMCA. His s... Read full biography
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Keywords (22)
Art Method
- •Advertising Art
- •Art Design
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Theatre Scene Painting, Stage/Set Design for Television and/or Movies
Art Media
- •Lithography, Lithograph
- •Oil Paint
Art Subject
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Portraits, Portraiture
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •New Mexico Before 1940
- •Texas Before 1940
Art School
- •School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Added Description
- •Commercial Art and Design
- •Mural Specialty
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Annual Texas Artists Exhibition
- •Edgar B Davis Competition, Texas
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York