biography of Rowland LYON (1904-1966)

Birth place: Wash., DC

Death place: Wash., DC

Addresses: Wash., DC

Profession: Painter, graphic artist, teacher, craftsperson, cartoonist

Studied: Corcoran Sch. A.; George Washington Univ. (B.A., M.A.); Charles Hawthorne.

Exhibited: Soc. Wash. A., 1930-35 (med.), 1936-46; Wash. Landscape Cl., 1935-37 (prize), 1938-45 (prize), 1946-47 (prize); Wash. WC Cl., 1942-46; Wash. Soc. Et., 1943-46; Times Herald A. Fair, Wash., DC, 1944 (prize); Metropolitan State A. Contest, 1944 (prize); Terry AI, 1952, and in Italy & Spain, 1954-55; Greece, 1957. Other awards: Soc. Indp. A., 1933, 1935; Fed. Women's Cl., 1934; Georgetown A. Group, 1955; The Plains, Va., 1952; Harper's Ferry, 1955; Denton, Md., 1958.

Member: A. Gld. of Wash.; Wash. S. Group; Wash. A. Cl.; Soc. Wash. A.; Wash. WC Cl.; Landscape Cl., Wash.; Wash. Soc. Et.

Comments: WPA artist. Position: staff, NCFA, Smithsonian Inst., Wash., DC; instr., Dept. Agriculture Graduate Sch.,1945-.

Sources: WW59; WW47.