biography of William Graham ANTHONY (1934)

Birth place: Fort Monmouth, NJ

Addresses: NYC

Profession: Painter, draftsman

Studied: Yale Univ., BA, 1958, with Josef Albers; SFMA, 1959-1960; ASL, 1961; also with Theodoros Stamos.

Exhibited: CPLH, 1962 (solo); Drawing USA-1963, St Paul Art Ctr., Minn., 1963; Maniacal Laughter, Westbeth Gallery, New York, 1971; Fischbach Gallery, NYC, 1970s; also group shows, Phoenix Gallery & Allan Stone Gallery, New York.

Work: WMAA; Wallraf-Richartz Mus., Cologne, Ger.; AIC; Yale Univ. Art Mus., New Haven, CT; CGA.

Comments: Preferred media: pencil. Positions: dir., Spectrum Art Gallery, New York, 1965-1966. Publications: auth, A new approach to figure drawing, Crown Publ., 1965, Odhams, Ltd, Eng., 1967 & Bonanza Publ. Teaching: instr. figure drawing, San Francisco Acad Art, 1962-1963.

Sources: WW73; Laurie Anderson, article, In: Art News (Sept. 1971); Marjorie Welish, article, In: Arts (Sept.-Oct. 1971); Gregory Battcock, article, In: Art and Artists (Nov. 1971).