biografia di John ATHERTON (1900-1952)

Birth place: Brainerd, MN

Death place: New Brunswick, Canada

Addresses: Arlington, VT

Profession: Painter, designer, illustrator, writer

Studied: Col. of the Pacific; Calif. Sch. FA.

Exhibited: WMAA; PAFA; AIC; MoMA; Berkeley A. Lg., 1924 (prize); San Fran. AA, 1925 (prize); Bohemian Cl., San Fran., 1926 (prize), 1928 (prize); A. Dir. Cl., 1931 (prize), 1936 (prize), 1937 (prize); Conn. WC Soc., 1940 (prize); AV, 1942 (prize); Carnegie Inst.; Corcoran Gal., 1941-51

Work: MMA; MoMA; WMAA; AIC; Hartford Atheneum; Albright A. Gal.; PAFA.

Comments: Magic Realist. Illustrator: national magazines. Advertising campaigns: Packard; Lincoln; General Motors; Cluett, Peabody; Socony-Vacuum. Married to artist Maxine Breeze (see entry).

Sources: WW47; Hughes, Artists of California, 25.