biographie de Calvin FLETCHER (1882-1963)

Birth place: Provo, UT

Death place: Logan, UT

Addresses: Logan, UT

Profession: Educator, painter, craftsperson, writer, lecturer

Studied: pupil of J. B. Fairbanks; BYU, 1905; PIA School; Columbia Univ.; AIC; Central School Arts & Crafts, London, England; Paris, France; & with Ralph Stackpole, Otis Oldfield, Birger Sandzen, B. J. O. Nordfeldt, Lee Randolf; Henri, in NYC, 1906-07; Morse, in Chicago.

Exhibited: San Francisco AA, 1933-1937; Oakland Art Gal., 1928, 1930. Awards: prize, Utah State Inst. FA; Sunset Artists Soc. of Kansas; Utah State Fair.

Member: College & University Prof.; San Francisco AA; Utah Creative AA; Utah AI; CAA; Oakland AA; AFA; Logan Artists Group (pres.)

Work: Logan Latter Day Saints Temple, Logan, UT; Utah State Fair Collection; Student Union Bldg., Logan, UT; Vanderpoel Collection; Smoky Hill (KS) Art Club.

Comments: Positions: assistant supervisor of art, Provo, 1905; prof. of art, Utah State Agricultural College, Logan, UT, 1907-52; prof. emeritus. 1952-; pres., Logan Art Group. Married to I. T. Fletcher, also an artist (see entry).

Sources: WW59; WW47. More recently, see Hughes, Artists of California, 183-184; Peggy and Harold Samuels, 172.