biography of William Franklin DRAPER (1912-2003)

Birth place: Hopedale, MA

Addresses: Hyannisport, MA; New York, NY

Profession: Painter, illustrator

Studied: Harvard Univ., 1931-32; NAD, 1931-34; Acad. de la Grande Chaumière, Paris, 1935; ASL, 1937; also with Jon Corbino, Zimmerman, Leon Kroll, and Henry Hensche.

Exhibited: NAD, 1934, 1941; AIC 1941; NGA, 1945; CGA, 1943; Inst. Mod. Art, Boston, 1940; BMFA, 1942; Nat. Gallery, London, 1944; MMA, 1945; Century Assn Ann.; Graham Gal., NYC, 1969, 1971; Palm Beach Gallery, FL, 1972; Portraits, Inc, NYC

Member: Boston Allied Artists; Century Assn., SC.

Work: U.S. Navy; U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis; Nat. Portrait Gallery; Pavilion, Music Center, Los Angeles; Office of Housing & Urban Development; C.I.A.; NASA. Portrait Commissions: President John F. Kennedy, 1962; Shah of Iran, 1967; Terrence Cardinal Cooke, 1971; Gen. Lauris Norsted, 1972; Walter Annenberg.

Comments: Active in Provincetown, 1929-32. Teaching: ASL, 1965-on. Author: The Navy at War, 1943. Illustrator: 5000 Miles to Tokyo.

Sources: WW73; WW47; Provincetown Painters, 148