Biografie von Leo R. WEEKS (1903-1977)

Birth place: La Crosse, IN

Addresses: Chicago, IL; Fanwood, NJ

Profession: Painter, illustrator

Studied: Am. Acad. Art; also with Glen Sheffer.

Exhibited: Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, 1940s; Palette & Chisel Acad. Fine Arts, Chicago, 1942-62; All Illinois SFA, Chicago, 1942-62; Wawasee Art Gal.; Garden State Watercolor Soc., Princeton, NJ, 1970; Scotch Plains-Fanwood AA, 1971 & 72; Westfield AA, Union College, Cranford, 1965-67 & 1972; NJ State Shows. Awards: gold medal for oils, Palette & Chisel Acad. Fine Arts, 1943, 1944; first prize for watercolor, All-Illinois SFA, 1946 & 1952; Honeywell prize for Still Life in oil painting, Hoosier Salon, 1948.

Member: Hoosier Salon; All-Illinois SFA; Wawasee Art Gal.; Palette & Chisel Acad. Fine Arts (secretary, 1944-47; pres., 1948); Westfield AA

Work: public schools in Cairo, Herrin, Downers Grove & Rock Island, IL

Comments: Preferred media: oils, watercolors. Positions: asst. art director, Popular Mechanics Magazine, Chicago, 1943-62, New York, 1962-68; retired. Publications: illustrator of miscellaneous Western books for children, 1930-43; illustrator, Penny Wise," 1942; illustrator, Popular Mechanics Magazine, 1943-68.

Sources: WW73; WW47."