biography of James TOPPING (1879-1949)

Birth place: Cleator Moor, Cumberland, England

Addresses: Oak Park, IL

Profession: Landscape painter, lithographer

Studied: AIC; England.

Exhibited: PAFA Ann., 1924; AIC, 1924 (prize), 1925-31, 1926 (prize), 1929 (prize); Chicago Gal. Assn., 1927 (prize); Hoosier Salon, 1938 (prize), 1940 (prize); Brown County AA; Nashville, Ind; Min. AL, Chicago, 1923 (prize); Palette and Chisel Acad., 1924 (gold), 1927 (med); Assoc. Chicago P & S, 1942 (med.); Oak Park AL, 1930 (med.); Business Men's AC, Chicago, 1929; Nat. Exh. Am. A., NYC, 1936; Joslyn Mem.; Hummell Mem. Prize, 1940.

Member: Chicago Gal. Assn.; Palette & Chisel Acad., Chicago; Ill. Acad. FA; Chicago P. & S.; Brown County AA; Austin, Oak Park & River Forest AL; Chicago Lith. C.; Hoosier Salon.

Work: State Mus., Springfield, Ill.; Joslyn Mem.; Oak Park C.; Chicago Pub. Sch.; Palette & Chisel Acad. FA, Chicago; Chicago Gal. Assn.; H.S., Kenilworth, Ill.

Sources: WW47; Falk, Exh. Record Series.