biography of Arthur K.D. HEALY (1902-1978)

Birth place: NYC

Addresses: Middlebury, VT

Profession: Painter, architect, writer, lecturer

Studied: Princeton Univ. (B.A., 1924; M.F.A., 1926); …cole Beaux Arts (French Govt. grant, 1925); Univ. Penn.; Fontainebleau Sch. FA, France, and with Eliot O'Hara.

Exhibited: AWCS, 1936 (prize)-38 (Zabriski Prize), 1939-70; AIC; Stockbridge AA, 1936 (prize), 1937 (prize), 1938 (prize); Phila. WCS, 1938-60; Boston Soc. Indep. Artists (prize, 1952); Audubon Artists, New York, 1940-70; Springfield AA, 1951 (prize); Boston WCC; WMAA; each Boston Art Festivals; Ferargil Gal. (solo); Vose Gal., Boston; Margaret Brown Gal.; Grace Horne Gal.; Macbeth Gal.; Galleria di Pincio, Rome, Italy; Middlebury College; Deeley Gal., Manchester, VT & Gallery 7W, Woodstock, VT, 1970s. Awards: prizes for watercolors, Norwich Univ., 1968-70 & Boston Festival Arts.

Member: Baltimore WCC; NYWCC; Wash. WCC; AEA; AWCS; Audubon Artists; Boston WCS; Boston Soc. Indep. Artists; Phila. WCC; Mid-Vermont Artists; SC; Springfield AA; No. Vermont Artists; Southern Vermont Artists; Yaddo Fnd.

Work: Fleming Mus. Art, Burlington, VT; FMA; Harvard Univ.; Addison Gallery Am. Art, Andover, MA; Kansas City AI; Sweat Mem. Mus.; New Britain (CT) Mus.; Carnojoharie Mus., NY; Norwich Univ., Northfield, VT. Commissions in the U.S., Mexico & Europe.

Comments: Preferred media: watercolors. Teaching: Middlebury College, 1944-49; Univ. Vermont; Shelburne Mus., VT. Positions: bd. mem., Yaddo Foundation, 1954-; pres. & chmn. board, Sheldon Mus., 1957-; mem., Board Historical Sites Vermont, State of Vermont, 1969-71. Collections arranged: many exhibs. for Middlebury College, 1944-69; Early Am. Painting by B.F. Mason 1804-1971, Sheldon Mus., Middlebury, VT, 1971. Research: early American painting; subject matter of American historical museums. Publications: co-auth., Two Journeyman Painters with Alfred Frankenstein,"Art Am.; auth., many reviews & criticisms, Middlebury College Newsletter, Art Am. & other magazines. Illus., State of Maine; illus., Indian Folklore.

Sources: WW73; WW40"