biography of Andrew Raymond JANSON (1900-?)

Birth place: NYC

Addresses: Marianna, FL

Profession: Museum curator, painter, illustrator, craftsperson, lecturer, designer

Studied: Syracuse Univ.; NY Sch. F. & App. A.; Columbia Univ.; ASL; & with George Luks, Jeanette Scott, George Bridgman; BAID; H.E. Fritz; M. Wilkes; Univ. Southern Calif.

Exhibited: S. Indp. A.; MMA; Syracuse Mus. FA; LACMA; Iowa State Col.; Santa Fe, NM; San Jose, Cal. Awards: med., Am. Mus. Natural Hist., 1936 (med.).

Member: Nat. Speleological Soc.; Miami AL; ASL.

Work: murals, State Office, Tallahassee, Fla.; bird life groups, AMNH; Fla. State Mus.; Iowa State Col., Ames; Staten Island Pub. Lib., NY

Comments: Position: chief a., Fla. State Mus., 1940-42; mus. cur., Fla. State Park Service, 1944-46.Illustrator: Atlas of Animal Anatomy"; "North American Fresh Water Fishes"; & many other scientific publications, U.S. & foreign. illus., covers for Natural History magazine. Lectures: history of scientific illustrating.

Sources: WW53; WW47."