biographie de Fred Q. HARTSOOK (1895-1937)
Birth place: Winterset, IA
Death place: Des Moines, IA
Profession: Painter, designer and decorator, architect
Studied: Dawson, Univ.Penn.
Exhibited: Des Moines Women's Club, 1928 (prize), 1931 (prize), 1935 (prize); Iowa Fed. Women's Clubs, 1931 (prize); Iowa Artists Club, 1935 (hon. men.), 1933, 1934; Iowa Art Salon, 1928 (first prize), 1930-34; Iowa State College, 1930-34
Member: Iowa Artists Club (pres., 1934)
Work: Iowa State College
Comments: He practiced architecture several years as a designer and illustrator and as a registered architect in Iowa, confined his practice to interior architecture and decoration. Specialty: interior decorator over mantels and murals.
Sources: Ness & Orwig, Iowa Artists of the First Hundred Years, 96.