Timeline

1876

Born, Richard Hayley Lever, in Adelaide, Australia

1893

Showed early art talent and traveled to England

1900

Studied art in London and then painted at an artists' colony in Cornwall on the seacoast of St. Ives

1911

Came to America

1914 - 1916

Prize, National Arts Club, New York, New York

1914

Prize, National Academy of Design, New York, New York

1915

Gold medal, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California

1918

Prize, Philadelphia Watercolor Club, Pennsylvania

1919 - 1931

Taught at the Art Students League in New York City

1922

Prize, National Arts Club, New York, New York

1935

Became Director of the Studio Art Club in Mount Vernon, New York.

1936

Prize, National Academy of Design, New York, New York

Prize, Newark Art Club, Newark, New Jersey

1938

Prize, National Academy of Design, New York, New York

1940

Prize, National Arts Club, New York, New York

1945

Prize, Westchester Arts & Crafts, New York

1958

Died in Mount Vernon, New York, NY