biography of Nathaniel J. POUSETTE-DART (1886-1965)

Birth place: St. Paul, MN

Death place: Valhalla, NY

Addresses: Valhalla, NY; Nantucket, MA

Profession: Painter, designer, etcher, teacher, writer, lecturer

Studied: ASL; PAFA, 1909-10 (2 Cresson Traveling Scholarships, PAFA, 1911, 1912); W. Chase; R. Henri; H.R. Poore; St. Paul A. Sch.; MacNeil, in NYC; Anshutz..

Exhibited: PAFA Ann., 1915; Minn. State A.Soc., 1913-16 (prize, each yr.); St. Paul Inst., 1915; WMAA; MMA; S. Indp. A., 1927-31, 1934; Anderson Gal., NY, 1928; WFNY, 1930; Pinacotheca, 1943; Am.-British A. Ctr., 1943; Westchester A. & Crafts Gld., 1953 (prize). Awards: certif. merit, A. Dir. Cl.; A. Dir. Exh., 1954; F., PAFA.

Member: Fed. Mod. P. & S.; Arch. Lg.; Mural P.; A. Dir. Cl. (life); Nat. A. Dir. Cl.; Westchester A. & Crafts Gld.; Am. Soc. for Aesthetics; Div. on Aesthetics, Am. Psychological Assn.

Comments: Father of Richard Pousette-Dart (see entry). Lecturer, PIA Sch., Columbia Univ., and many lectures on television. Author: Ernst Haskell, His Life and Work; series of six books: Distinguished American Artists Series, 1924-30; American Painting Today, 1950-1956, 1956; Art Directing; The Techniques of Visual Communication and Selling, 1956. Contributor to Art News; American Artist, and other art magazines.

Sources: WW59; WW47; Falk, Exh. Record Series.