biography of Archie L. MUSICK (1902-1978)

Birth place: Kirksville, MO

Death place: Colorado Springs, CO

Addresses: Colorado Springs, CO

Profession: Painter, lithographer, teacher, writer

Studied: ASL; NE Missouri State Teachers College (B.Sc.); Thomas Hart Benton; S. MacDonald-Wright; Boardman Robinson; E. Lawson; R. Davey.

Exhibited: Denver Ann., Chappell House, 1928 (prize); Broadmoor Art Acad. Exh., 1928 (prize); Colorado State Fair, 1927 (prize), 1928 (prize), 1930 (prize); S. Indp. A., 1936; AIC, 1940; CI, 1941; PAFA, 1941, 1951; Los Angeles Mus. Art, 1945; Santa Barbara Mus. Art, 1945; Corcoran Gal. biennial, 1951; Cleveland, 1955.

Work: murals, Cheyenne Sch., Colorado Springs; Munic. Auditorium, FA Center, Colorado Springs, CO; WPA mural, USPO, Red Cloud, NE; Manitou Springs, CO

Comments: Position: art dir., Cheyenne Mountain Sch., Colorado Springs, CO; Missouri Univ., 1946-47. Auth./illustr.: Oil Painting for Beginners, 1930; Jigger Flies First, 1957 (juvenile). Auth.: Transplanting of Culture," Magazine of Art, March 1937.

Sources: WW59; WW47."