Connecticut WPA Art

Jones, Rebecca Field (1905-2002)Rebecca Field Jones was born Rebecca Field in Montague, Massachusetts on March 13, 1905. She graduated from Turner Falls High School in 1923 and attended Massachusetts State College for one year. She then spent a year or more studying in a private studio in Munich, Germany. In 1933 Jones co-founded the West Hartford Art League and Art Center wher...

Jones, Albertus Eugene (1882-1957)Along with John Goodwin McManus, Albertus Eugene Jones was one of the most influential artists and art teachers in Connecticut’s history. There are interesting similarities in their birth and death dates. Both were born in 1882. Jones died in 1957, and McManus passed away only a year later. In 1882 Albertus Jones was born in South Windsor, Conn...

Humphrey, David W. (1872-1950)David Humphrey was born in 1872 on a farm in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, where he lived for 23 years. His mother died when he was less than a year old, and he was raised by his grandparents. He attended high school in Elkhorn. He studied at the Art institute of Chicago and in Paris at Colarosorri’s, Julian’s, and at the Academy Carmine under Whistler. Hump...

Hull, Arthur Gibson (1881-1941)Arthur Gibson Hull was born in Pennsylvania in 1881 to parents who were Presbyterian missionaries. He spent the first 12 years of his life in India and then spent many years moving from state to state in the United States. He first studied at the School of Fine Arts in Colorado Springs and later took courses at the Art Students League in New York ...

Hoxie, Stephen Jerome (1895-1981)Stephen Jerome Hoxie was born in Phoenix, Rhode Island on September 24, 1895. He studied at the East Greenwich Academy and then at the Rhode Island School of Design for two and a half years. He did a study of color at the Eastman Kodak Research Laboratory. He completed a total of 82 paintings for the WPA Federal Arts Project, many of them for th...

Howard, Len (1891-1987)Len Howard was born in England in 1891. In London he was an apprentice for six years at James Powell and Sons, one of England’s larger stained glass companies. He also attended St. Martins and the Camberwell Art School in London. In 1913 he moved to America and became a citizen. When war broke out, Howard enlisted in the camouflage corps in the U.S. Army....

Heath, Howard (1879-1969)Howard Heath was born in Boulder, Colorado on October 2, 1879. He completed three years of high school at Fort Collins, Colorado. He attended Colorado Springs Art School, Denver Art School, Art Institute of Chicago, Art Students League in New York, and took private painting and sketch lessons. Heath worked for the Chicago Tribune and did a number of boo...

Hart, Ernest H. (1910-1985)Ernest H. Hart was born in New York City on October 2, 1910. He attended public schools in New Haven and went on to attend the Art Students League in New York for four years. After completing art school, he went on a motorcycle trip through the United States and Mexico. Hart illustrated books for children and was known for his animal art, having both ...

Harris, George Edgerly (1898-1938)George Edgerly Harris was born in Delaware in 1898. He was the son of Charles X. Harris, a renowned painter and one of the founding members of the Noank Art Colony. Harris originally wanted to be a baseball player, but his father persuaded him to study art. He studied at the Art Students League in New York and in 1927 attended the National Acad...

Harlow, Robert Elsing Jr. (1914-1991?)Robert Harlow was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 20, 1914. He studied at the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts and received his BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS from the University of Pennsylvania in 1938. He was a member of the Fellowship of Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the Springfield Art League. According to a WPA report, in 1...