American. Born 25 August 1879, South Abington (now Whitman), Massachusetts. Educated there. Pupil at Boston Museum of Fine Arts under Frank Benson, Philip L. Hale, and Edmund C. Tarbell. Attended the Central Ontario School of Design in Toronto, Canada. In New York became newspaper artist and cartoonist. Attended the Art Students' League. During World War 1 became camouflage artist on vessels in Philadelphia, and New York. Retired to Hingham, Massachusetts. Died 30 July 1967, Hingham, Massachusetts. Collections: Kendall Whaling Museum, Sharon, Massachusetts; Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia; Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, Connectucit; Old Dartmouth Historical Society, New Bedford, Massachusetts; Peabody-Essex Museum, Salem,Massachusetts; and Seaman's Bank for Savings, New York, New York. |