biografia di George Alfred AVISON (1885-1970)

Birth place: Norwalk, CT

Addresses: New Canaan, CT

Profession: Illustrator, painter, mural painter; designer, writer

Studied: Chase Sch. A.; N.Y. Sch. A.

Exhibited: AAPL, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1958; SC, 1960 (hon. mention); Newark NJ Pub. Lib. Exh., 1960 (Herman Wick mem. award); Argent Gal.; Silvermine Gld. A.; Ogunquit A. Center; Anderson Gal., Riverside Mus.; NAC; other exhs. 1962-65: AAPL; Smithsonian Inst.; Alexander Gal., Milford, Conn., Rowayton A. Cl.; Trumbull (Conn.) A. Gal.; New Canaan Exh.; New Canaan Lib. (solo); Cochrane Gal., Darien, Conn.; Mus. A., Science & Indst., Bridgeport; Stamford Mus.

Member: Silvermine Gld. A.; Westport A. Cl.; AAPL; Rowayton (Conn.) A. Center; Conn. Classic Arts.

Work: Mural, New Canaan Town Hall; Roger Ludlowe H.S., Fairfield , Conn.; Norwalk (Conn.) H.S.; Rowayton (Conn.) Lib.

Comments: Illus., Sunflight"; "White Captive of The Sioux"; "Radar Commandos"; "Treasure Beyond Red Mesa"; Thirty Three Roads to the White House"; "Life of Washington"; Life of Lincoln"; Life of Eisenhower"; Life of Paderewski"; Life of Tschaikovsky"; Life of Chopin"; "The Scrapper;" and many others. Illus., and co-author, with H.D. Nadig, "They Stood Alone," 1955. Auth./ illus., "Uncle Sam's Army," "Uncle Sam's Navy," "Uncle Sam's Marines," "Lone Wagon into Danger;" illus. for "Golden Deeds" in Book of Knowledge, and many others. Contrib., Harpers Bazaar, Century, Scribners, Delineator, St. Nicholas, American Boy, Boy's Life, and other national magazines.

Sources: WW66; WW47."