biography of Ernest CRICHLOW (1914-2005)

Birth place: NYC

Addresses: Brooklyn, NY

Profession: Illustrator, painter lithographer, teacher

Studied: Comm. Illus. Sch. A.; ASL.

Exhibited: Harlem Community Center, 1938, 1939; Augusta Savage Studios, 1939; LOC, 1940; American Negro Expo, 1940; McMillan Galleries, NYC, 1941; Inst. of Modern Art, Boston, 1943; Atlanta Univ., 1942, 1944, 1952 (purchase prize); ACA Gal., N.Y., 1953 (solo), 1960; Wash. Irving High School; Rockford, IL, College, 1965; Federal Art Gallery, NYC; BMFA; Newark Mus.; Downtown Gallery, NYC; Roko Gallery, NYC; International Print Soc., NYC; NYWF; Smith Col.; City Col. of NY, 1967; State Armory, Wilmington, DE, 1971.

Comments: Positions: instr., drawing & painting, Workshop Sch. of Editorial Art; co-founder, Cinque Gallery, NYC. Illus., Two Is a Team," Twelve O'Clock Whistle," 1946; "Freedom Train," 1954; "How Green is My Praire," 1956; "Captain of the Planter," 1958; "Mary Jane," 1958-59.

Sources: WW59; Cederholm, Afro-American Artists. "