| Born in Decatur, Illinois, he studied at the Chicago Art Institute. In 1931, he received a fellowship to paint in Europe. Then he earned a BFA degree from the University of Southern California and in the 1930s and 40s taught at the Chouinard Art Institute. In the 1930s, he developed with opaque watercolors, a bright abstract style that differed from many California artists. He did many Social Realists paintings of lower class life in Los Angeles and visual interptetations of African American spi (showing 500 of 1552 characters). |
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