biography of Francis William VAN VREELAND (1879-1954)

Birth place: Seward, NE

Death place: Los Angeles, CA

Addresses: Hollywood, CA (since 1920s)

Profession: Painter

Studied: O.W. Beck; V. Nowottny; G. Bridgman; Académie Julian, Paris, 1910.

Exhibited: Paris Expo, 1900; Paris Salon, 1911; LACMA, 1926 (solo)

Member: Mural Painters; Arch. Lg.; Calif. AC; Artist Council, Los Angeles; Oklahoma AL; ACS, Southern Calif.; Art & Educ. Committee, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce; Ch. Art Commission, Hollywood.

Comments: Position: staff, Rookwood Potteries, Cincinnati, early 1900s; art director, Aeolean Company, NYC; assoc. editor, America Printer, NYC.

Sources: WW40; Hughes, Artists of California, 581.