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An example of work by Milton E. Bond
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| The following information was submitted in September of 2006 by James Ross: Milton E. Bond: Born: Rochester, NY, April 3, 1891; Died: Rochester, NY, June 13, 1970
Son of Howard and Sophie Josephine (Calhoun) Bond
Married:
1. Mildred Lewis Benedict (d. 1952)
2. Alice Earls Moss
Studied:
University of Rochester 1909 - 1913
Mechanics Institute (now RIT), graduate 1921 or 1922
Later studied with American Marine Painter, Charles Woodbury
Employed:
Munsell Color Company, NYC (later Baltimore), 1922-1925 as color specialist developing a system to describe colors scientifically through reference to their position on the Munsell Color Scale. 1926 joined the faculty at RIT School of Art and Design as an instructor. Retired as a full professor in 1956. Specialized in courses related to painting and design; also taught modeling, history of art, et al.
Painting Career:
Built reputation as painter of landscapes, inspired by Bristol Hills and the Finger Lakes Region. (Spent summers at Honeyoe Lake beginning in 1934.) Later also painted sea scapes based on the Maine seacoast.
Exhibited regularly with the Rochester Art Club at Memorial Art Gallery and elsewhere and in faculty shows at RIT. Occasional one-man shows at banks & similar venues. (No record of awards exists.)
Beginning in late 1930’s experimented with paintings of microscopic carborundum crystals reproduced on canvas, enlarged many times over as monumental architectural and geologic forms.
Kublai Khan Series: Evolved from crystal paintings. Multi-panel series of nudes floating in a magical crystalline landscape. Inspired by the Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem, “Kublai Kahn”. Projected as a 10 part series, six panels were completed, one left incomplete. (Watercolor Triptych may also be part of series.) Began project in the late 1940’s. Continued to work on it until (legal) blindness overtook him in the late 1960’s. For many years the Kublai Kahns & other crystal paintings were not publicly exhibited; Planned to introduce them at the (never achieved) completion of the series.
Sketched and painted with: Charles (Don) Horn, Alling Clements, Fred Wells, Art Sinclair, Byron Culver, Ruth Gutfrucht, Elmer Happ, Tom Lotta, Gaylord Brewer, Betty Mesmer, Charles Sawdley, Dick Hosenfeld, Paxton Maffett, Adrian Maffet. (Incomplete list).
Acting Career :
Lifelong interest in Shakespeare drama. Prominent in Rochester theater. Produced, directed, designed and acted in numerous productions of Shakespeare and occasionally other playwrights, including himself.
Also interested in Astronomy, he designed and built telescopes.
Biography Information:
Carl W. Peters American Scene Painter from Rochester to Rockport, Richard H. Love
Rochester History, Quarterly Published by Blake McKelvey, City Historian
Database: Artists of the Finger Lakes, 1999
Catalog: Forty-Eighth Annual Exhibition of Paintings by the Buffalo Society of Artists,
1942
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Biography from American Eagle Fine Art:
| Milton E. Bond was born and raised in Rochester, NY, the son of Howard and Sophie J. (Calhoun) Bond. He studied at the University of Rochester (1909 - 1913), and at Mechanics Institute (now RIT), graduating in 1922. He later studied with American Marine Painter, Charles Woodbury.
He started his career at the Munsell Color Company, NYC (later Baltimore), where from 1922-1925 he worked as a color specialist. He developed a system to describe colors scientifically through reference to their position on the Munsell Color Scale. He then joined the faculty at RIT School of Art and Design in 1926 as an instructor. He specialized in courses related to painting and design; but also taught modeling, history of art, et al.
The inspiration he got from nearby Bristol Hills and the Finger Lakes Region helped build his reputation as a painter of landscapes. In 1934 he started spending his summers at Honeoye Lake, and many of his best works were done in these regions. Later he included seascapes to his repertoire with times spent on the Maine seacoast.
He professionally sketched and painted with: Charles (Don) Horn, Alling Clements, Fred Wells, Art Sinclair, Byron Culver, Ruth Gutfrucht, Elmer Happ, Tom Lotta, Gaylord Brewer, Betty Mesmer, Charles Sawdley, Dick Hosenfeld, Paxton Maffett, Adrian Maffett, among others. His work was exhibited regularly with the Rochester Art Club, the RIT faculty and at the Memorial Art Gallery. He occasionally held one-man shows at banks & similar venues.
Source:
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