biography of Guy PÈNE DU BOIS (1884-1958)

Birth place: Brooklyn, NY

Addresses: Paris, 1906; NYC , 1911; Westport, CT, early 1920s; France, 1924; NYC/Stonington, CT, 1940

Profession: Painter, art critic

Studied: NY Sch. Art, with Wm. Chase, Frank DuMond, Robert Henri, Beckwith and Miller

Exhibited: PAFA, 1906, 1917-49; Armory Show, 1913; Corcoran Gal, 1914-57 (silver medal, 1937); WMAA, 1918-52; NAD, 1927-50 (medals, 1936, 1945); AIC, 1930 (medal); Mystic AA, 1940; Kraushaar Gal., 1944 (solo); Graham Gal., NYC, 1998 (solo)

Member: ANA; New Soc. Artists; NA.

Work: MMA; WMAA; PMG; LACMA; AGAA; Detroit Inst. Art; PAFA; TMA; Nebraska AA; WPA murals, USPO, Saratoga Springs, NY; FA Gal., San Diego; Milwaukee AI.

Comments: An influential teacher at the ASL, his own paintings are frequently portraits and glimpses of NYC"s upper social strata ó executed with a cool detachment and sometimes as contemptuous as his art criticism. Although he lived and partied hard in the social milieu of Washington Square and Westport during the 1920s, he did not belong to any groups or colonies. Position: editor, Arts and Decoration for seven years.

Sources: WW53; WW47; Art in Conn.: Between World Wars; Community of Artists, 58; Falk, Exh. Record Series; Brown, The Story of the Armory Show.