Timeline

1916

Born October 10 in Chicago, IL

1930

First government commission for Post Office mural in Auburn, NE

1936 - 1938

Studies at the Fine Arts Centre in Colorado Springs

1941

Relocated to Los Angeles, CA

1945

Settled in Woodstock, NY

1946

Married fellow artist Bruce Currie

1949

Tiffany Fellowship

1951

Fulbright Grant

1952

Traveled to Greece

Hallmark Award

1954

Ranger Award

1955

Purchase Prize, American Water Color Society

1956

Altman Prize, National Academy of Design

Purchase Prize, Los Angeles County Fair

1962

Audubon Artists Medal of Honor, National Academy of Design

1968

Elected an Academician of the National Academy of Design

1970

Childe Hassam Purchase Award, Academy of Arts and Letters

Halgarten Award, National Academy of Design

1973

Taught as Artist-in-Residence for University of Georgia, Athens

1976

Taught at Syracuse University

1993

Died April 24 at the age of 76 in Woodstock, NY