biographie de Arthur Henry FEITEL (1891-1982)

Birth place: New Orleans, LA

Death place: New Orleans, LA

Addresses: New Orleans, LA

Profession: Museum president, painter, teacher, architect

Studied: Tulane Univ., B.Arch.; Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France, A.D.G.F.

Exhibited: NOAA, 1915-16; New Orleans A. & Crafts Cl., 1924, 1938

Member: Palmes Academiques; AIA; BAID; Louisiana Arch. Assn.; NOAA, ca.1915-1951 (var. exec. positions); New Orleans A. & Crafts Cl., 1935-36 (chairman , exec. committee)

Comments: Primarily an architect, who traveled, studied and sketched in Europe (1911-14) and worked as a draftsman with several U.S. government agencies. He exhibited architectural drawings. Contributor to: Pencil Points & AIA Journal. Position: Former Pres., Delgado Mus. A. & New Orleans AA, and Acting Dir., Delgado Mus. A., 1938-46; Bd. memb. of the Museum; Former Bd. Memb., La. State Mus.; Former Chm. Vieux CarrÈ Comm.; Member, City Park Comm., New Orleans, La.

Sources: WW66; WW47; Encyclopaedia of New Orleans Artists, 131-32.