biography of Arthur Watkins CRISP (1881-1974)

Birth place: Hamilton, Ont., Canada

Death place: Arundel/Biddeford, ME

Addresses: NYC/Old Lyme, CT; Biddeford, ME

Profession: Painter, craftsperson, teacher, writer

Studied: ASL.

Exhibited: PAFA, 1909-13; Corcoran Gal, 1914, 1919; Arch. Lg., 1914 (prize), 1920 (prize); Pan.-Pac. Expo, 1915 (prize); AIC, 1914-16; NAD, 1916 (prize); PAFA, 1918; WMAA, 1918-25; WFNY, 1939

Member: NAD; AWCS; NSMP; Arch. L.; All. A. Am.; Century Assn.; NAC.

Work: many panels & murals in theatres, hotels, clubs, schools, public buildings. Newark, N.J., Elmira, N.Y.; Wilmington, Del.; Ottawa; Toronto;. Painting in Nat. Gal. of Canada Coll.; Hamilton (Can.) A. Gal.; murals, House of Parliament, Ottawa; State Capitol of Ohio; Law & Medical Lib., N.Y. State Edu. Bldg., Albany, N.Y.; drawings, Syracuse Univ., Syracuse, N.Y.

Comments: Positions: T., ASL, CUASch, BAID, NAD.

Sources: WW66; WW47; Falk, Exh. Record Series.; autobiography publ. 1961.