biography of Walter Burt ADAMS (1903-1990)

Birth place: Kenosha, WI

Addresses: Evanston, IL

Profession: Painter, cartoonist, illustrator

Studied: AIC, and with William Owen, Jr., Elmer A. Fosberg, Charles Wilimovsky, Frederick V. Poole, George Oberteuffer.

Exhibited: AIC, 1930 (prize)-1946; PAFA, 1936-1938; Evanston Women's Cl., 1932-1952 (prizes,1936, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1950, 1952).

Member: North Shore AL.

Work: Chicago Public Schools; Evanston Hist. Soc.

Comments: WPA artist. Auth./ illus., Infinite Dynamics, The Golden Key to Art.

Sources: WW59; WW47.