biography of Robert Lee ESKRIDGE (1891-1975)

Birth place: Philipsburg, PA.

Death place: Honolulu, HI

Addresses: Chicago, IL; NYC; Coronado Beach, CA, 1917-32; Olympia, WA; Honolulu, HI, 1932

Profession: Painter, illustrator, designer, lecturer, writer

Studied: Univ. Southern Calif.; Los Angeles College FA; AIC; Chicago Acad. FA; A. Lhote; G. Senseney.

Exhibited: Pan-Pacific Expo, San Diego, 1915 (medal); AIC, 1928 (prize); Century of Progress Expo, Chicago, 1933; widely throughout the world

Work: Ala Moana Park Sports Pavilion, Honolulu (mural); Palmer House Hotel, Chicago (mural); Contemporary Mus., Honolulu

Comments: WPA muralist. Eskridge spent the years during WWII teaching in Florida and Los Angeles, but thereafter was in Hawaii for long periods of time. Position: teacher, Univ. Hawaii, 1939-41. Author/illustrator: Mangareva, The Forgotten Islands, South Sea Playmates, Bobbs, Merril Co.; Umi, The Hawaiian Boy Who Became a King, 1937.

Sources: WW40; Hughes, Artists of California, 171; Trip and Cook, Washington State Art and Artists, 1850-1950; Forbes, Encounters with Paradise, 213, 257.