Davenport Griffen

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] He painted a mural at the Flora, Illinois post office, Good News and Bad, in 1937.[6] He painted a second WPA 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.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. Retrieved December 23, 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. http://www.fineestateart.com/artists/davenport_griffen
  3. Eleanor Jewett (May 3, 1928). "Art Institute School Scholarship Award Won by Tunis Ponsen". Chicago Daily Tribune. Chicago, Illinois.
  4. http://www.wpamurals.com/illartists.html
  5. http://www.wpamurals.com/wpabios.html#G
  6. http://www.wpamurals.com/floraIL.htm
  7. http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=9594
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