biographie de William Alexander GRIFFITH (1866-1940)

Birth place: Lawrence, KS

Death place: Laguna Beach, CA

Addresses: Laguna Beach

Profession: Painter

Studied: St. Louis School FA; Acad. Julian, Paris with Lefebvre and Constant, 1892-93.

Exhibited: St. Louis, 1889, (gold); Orange County Fair, 1928(prize); Southern Calif. Fair, Riverside, 1928 (prize); LACMA, 1928; Calif. Artists, Santa Cruz, 1929 (prize); Calif. State Fair, 1930; Calif. AC, 1934 (prize); Salons of Am., 1934; Ebell Club, Los Angeles, 1936 (prize); Oakland Art Gal., 1936 (hon. mention); GGE, 1939; Laguna Beach AA annuals.

Member: Laguna Beach AA; Calif. AC.

Work: Mulvane Art Gal., Topeka, KS; State Hist. Soc., Topeka; State Teachers College, Emporia, KS; Thayer Mem. Mus., Lawrence, KS; Univ. Club, San Diego; YMCA, Santa Ana; Univ. Southern Calif.; Women's Club, Whittier

Comments: Position: teacher, Kansas Univ., more than 20 years.

Sources: Hughes, Artists of California, 224.