Davenport Griffen Explained

William Davenport Griffen (1894 Millbrook, New York – 1986 San Rafael, California) was an American artist and muralist.^[1]

Education

He graduated from Iowa State University and studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and at the Art Institute of Chicago.^[2] In 1928, he won the $750 John Quincy Adams scholarship to the Art Institute.^[3]

Career

He worked for the Illinois Works Progress Administration.^{[4] [5]} For the Treasury Department's Section of Painting and Sculpture, he painted a mural at the Flora, Illinois post office, Good News and Bad, in 1937.^[6] He painted a second post office mural in Carmi, Illinois titled Service to the Farmer, in 1939. His works are displayed at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Smithsonian American Art Museum,^[7] and the Whitney Museum of American Art. His work was exhibited at the Carnegie Institute, Corcoran gallery of art, Pennsylvania academy of the Fine arts and the Art Institute of Chicago and more^[8]

External links

• http://www.richardnortongallery.com/?loc=artists&id=670
• http://www.annexgalleries.com/artists/biography/874/Griffen/William
• http://www.artic.edu/aic/libraries/research/specialcollections/aic/exhibitions/1930/1931.html
• "Davenport Griffen Has Good Paintings in Current Show", Chicago Daily Tribune, Eleanor Jewett, December 12, 1929

Notes and References

1. Web site: Illinois Historical Art Project - List of Illinois Artists . 2010-12-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110726173028/http://www.illinoisart.org/artists_list.html . July 26, 2011 . mdy-all .
2. Web site: Fine Estate Art :: Artists :: Davenport Griffen.
3. News: Art Institute School Scholarship Award Won by Tunis Ponsen. https://web.archive.org/web/20121107155741/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/456674192.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=May+3,+1928&author=ELEANOR+JEWETT&pub=Chicago+Daily+Tribune+(1923-1963)&edition=&startpage=27&desc=Art+Institute+School+Scholarship+A+ward+Won+by+Tunis+Ponsen. dead. November 7, 2012. Chicago Daily Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. Eleanor Jewett. May 3, 1928.
4. Web site: Illinois New Deal/WPA Art . August 10, 2011 . August 10, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110810151710/http://www.wpamurals.com/illartists.html . dead .
5. Web site: New Deal/W.P.A. Artist Biographies | WPAmurals.com . August 10, 2011 . April 20, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150420063644/http://www.wpamurals.com/wpabios.htm#G . dead .
6. Web site: Flora, IL New Deal Art . August 10, 2011 . August 5, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110805082331/http://www.wpamurals.com/floraIL.htm . dead .
7. Web site: Good News and Bad (Mural study, Flora, Illinois Post Office) | Smithsonian American Art Museum.
8. Web site: Davenport Griffen Biography | Annex Galleries Fine Prints.