ILLINOIS HISTORICAL ART PROJECT
Avery, Sam H.
BORN: July 21, 1885 Newark, OH
DIED:
MARRIED:
TRAINING
Kalamazoo Institute of Art
1915 Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, evenings
ART RELATED EMPLOYMENT
Engraver
TEACHING
RESIDENCES
c.1905- c.1971 Chicago
TRAVEL
MEMBERSHIPS/OFFICES
Palette & Chisel Club
HONORS
1932 William Randolph Hearst Prize, Art Institute, Chicago & Vicinityi
Prize, Illinois Academy of Fine Art
SELECTED JURIES SERVED
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Art Institute of Chicago, Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture by Artists Who Received Prizes In the Chicago Exhibitions for 1930, 1931, 1932, 7/21/1932
Chicago Galleries Association, Artists of the Midwest 1933ii
Palette & Chisel Club
ONE, TWO OR THREE MAN EXHIBITIONS
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
INTERESTING NOTES
He had to give up art when the Federal Art Project ended.iii
iHis painting Melting Snow, was illustrated in Art Digest, 2/1/1932, p.32. “Chicago Show Prizes,” Chicago Evening Post, 2/2/1932, Art Section, p.5.
iiEleanor Jewett, “Spring Show of 7 Painters Wins Praise,” Chicago Tribune, 4/8/1933, p.21; and “Brilliant Showing of Paintings by Seven Artists Now Being Featured at the Chicago Galleries,” 4/16/1933, part 8, p.6.
iiiInteview by Esther Sparks of Peter Pollack, 2/1971, in possession of author.