biography of Leo QUANCHI (1892-1974)

Birth place: NYC

Death place: Kent, CT

Addresses: NYC; Maywood, NJ; Kent, CT

Profession: Painter

Studied: CCNY; NAD; ASL; Parsons Sch. Design; G. deF. Brush; F.C. Jones; D. Volk.

Exhibited: S. Indp. A., 1917, 1922, 1932, 1940, 1942-44; Salons of Am., 1922, 1931, 1932, 1934; NAD, annually; PAFA Ann., 1922-24, 1948-49, 1953; Pepsi-Cola, 1944, 1946; Corcoran Gal. biennials, 1951-59 (3 times); Montclair AM, annually; WMAA; Des Moines AC; MMA; Monmouth College, NJ, 1961; New Jersey Art Today, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ., 1965; Salmagundi Club prize, 1968; first prize, NAUW, 1970; ann. exhib., State NJ

Member: Audubon Artists; Artists Lg. Am.; Lg. Present-Day Artists; Soc. Independent Artists; College AA; AAPL.

Work: WMAA; Newark (NJ) Art Mus.; PAFA; Bloomfield College Coll., NJ

Sources: WW73; WW47; Falk, Exh. Record Series.