biography of Harry Russell BALLINGER (1892-1993)

Birth place: Port Townsend, WA

Addresses: New Hartford, CT/Rockport, ME

Profession: Painter, writer, illustrator, teacher

Studied: UC, San Fran., 1910-1911; ASL, 1912-1913; with Harvey Dunn, Paris, 1915-1916; Acad. Collarossi, Paris, France, 1927.

Exhibited: NAD; SC, 1923-43, nine prizes, 1944-64; CAFA, 1938-46; Allied AA, 1940-45; Hartford Atheneum, 1944; Conn. WCS, 1944 (prize), 1945 (prize); Meriden A. & Crafts Assn., 1944 (prize); Audubon A., 1945; Springfield AA, 1944; Jordan Marsh Exh., 1946; AWCS, London, Eng. & Traveling Exhibs.; Rockport AA, five prizes,1953-1963; N. Shore AA, 1964 (prize).

Member: SC; Allied AA; Audubon A.; AAPL; AWCS; CAFA; Conn. WCS; New Haven P & C.; Kent AA.

Work: New Brit. Mus. Am. Art; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Conn.; Springfield Art Mus., Mass.; Cent. Conn. State Col., Meriden; Arts & Crafts Soc. Commissions: murals, Plant High Sch., West Hartford, Conn.

Comments: Preferred media: watercolors, oils. Teaching: Bristol (Conn.) A. Lg., 1945-46; Instr. art, Conn. Central Col., 1945-1959. Illust., national magazines. Publications: auth, Painting Surf and Sea (1957) & Painting Boats and Harbors (1959); auth., Landscapes (1965) & Painting Sea and Shore (Watson-Guptill,1966); also auth. of many articles.

Sources: WW73; WW47.