biographie de Harold Emerson HAYDON (1909-1994)

Birth place: Fort William, Ontario

Addresses: Chicago

Profession: Painter, educator

Studied: Univ. Chicago (Ph.B., 1930; M.A., 1931); AIC School, 1932-33.

Exhibited: Seven Exhibs. Artists Chicago & Vicinity, 1937-67 & 58th Ann. Am. PaintingóAbstract & Surrealist Art, 1947, AIC; Options, Mus. Contemporary Art, Chicago, 1968; Richard Feigen Gal., Chicago, 1970s.

Member: AEA, Chicago Chapter (pres., 1950-52, 1955-57); Chicago Soc. Artists (pres., 1959-61); Nat. Soc. Mural Painters.

Work: Pickering College, Newmarket, Ontario. Commissions: wool ark cover, Temple Beth Am., Chicago, 1958; glass mosaic murals, Temple Beth El, Gary, IN, 1959-60 & St. Cletus Roman Catholic Church, La Grange, IL, 1963; mosaic & stained glass murals, Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School, Univ. Chicago, 1966.

Comments: Preferred media: oils, mosaics, stained glass. Positions: pres., Renaissance Soc. Univ. Chicago, 1956-65; mem., Cultural Advisory Committee, Mayor's Committee Economic & Cultural Development in Chicago, 1963-; art critic, Chicago Sun-Times, 1963-; chmn. art committee, Nat. Assessment Educ. Progress, 1965; accreditation examiner, North Central Assn. Schools, 1966-. Publications: auth., Great Art Treasures in America's Small Museums, 1967. Teaching: George Williams College, 1934-44; Univ. Chicago, 1944-on.

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