biography of Edgar Albert WHITNEY (1891-1987)

Birth place: NYC

Addresses: Jackson Heights, NY

Profession: Painter, instructor, writer

Studied: Cooper Union; ASL; NAD; Columbia Univ.; Grand Central Sch. Art; Jay Comaway; Eliot O'Hara; Charles W Hawthorne.

Exhibited: all AWCS Exhs. 1950-58; Phila. WCC, 1956-58; Knickerbocker Artists, 1956; Art Lg., Long Island, 1955-58 (prizes, 1956-58); Brick Store Mus., 1956-58 (prizes, 1957-58); Audubon Artists, 1958 (award); JAD, 1957; Hudson Valley AA, 1958 (prize); All Nat. Art League Shows (awards, 1952-58); NAD, 1971 & 1972; Downtown Gallery, New Orleans, LA & Schram Galleries, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 1970s. Awards: NAD Ranger Fund Purchase Prize, 1969.

Member: AWCS (treasurer, 1954-60); Phila. WCC; ASL (life member); Southwestern WCS (hon. life member); Louisiana WCS (hon. life member).

Work: Farnsworth Mus., Rockland, ME; NAD; Art Club St. Petersburg; Lake Worth AA; Lawrence Rockefeller Coll.; Art Lg. Long Island

Comments: Preferred media: watercolors. Positions: art director, McCann Erickson, NYC; contributing editor, Am. Artist Magazine. Publications: author, Watercolor: The Hows and Whys, 1958 & Complete Guide to Watercolor, 1965, Watson-Guptill; author, watercolor & casein articles, Grolier Encyclopedia. Teaching: Pratt Inst., 1938-52; NY Botanical Gardens; Whitney Watercolor Tours, 1948-.

Sources: WW73; David Clark, Watercolor Holiday," Universal Films, Hollywood, CA"