Biografie von Anthony TONEY (1913-2004)

Birth place: Gloversville, NY

Addresses: NYC; Katonah, NY

Profession: Painter, educator, writer

Studied: Syracuse Univ. (B.F.A., 1934); Teachers College, Columbia Univ. (M.A. & Ed.D., 1955); …cole des Beaux-Arts; Academie Grande Chaumière, 1937-38.

Exhibited: Pinacotheca; Mortimer Brandt Gal.; Corcoran Gal biennials, 1949-57 (4 times); AIC; S. Indp. A.; MoMA; WMAA; Mortimer Levitt Gal.; Wakefield Gal., 1941 (solo); Santa Barbara Mus. Art, 1944 (solo); ACA Gal., regularly since 1949; Artists Gal., 1948 (solo); PAFA Ann., 1950-54, 1964-66; NAD Ann., 1960-72, (prizes, Ranger Fund Purchase Award, 1966 ); Audubon Aritsts Ann., 1955-72 (1968, prize, medal of honor); CI, 1949; WMAA Ann., 1950-60; Nat. Inst. Arts & Letters, 1968 (Childe Hassam Purchase Award); ACA Gal, NYC, 1970s; NYC WPA Art" at Parsons School Design, 1977."

Member: NA, 1971; Audubon Artists (bd. mem., 1965-); AL Am.; Unified Am. Artists; NSMP; AEA (bd. dirs., 1971-); Int. Inst. Arts & Letters.

Work: WMAA; NAD; Syracuse Univ., NY; Univ. Illinois, Urbana; St. Lawrence Univ., Canton, NY. Commissions: murals, Bowne Hall, 1968 & 6 panels, Brockway Cafeteria, St. Mary's Dormitory, Roslyn, NY, 1971; Mrs. Mollie Bergman, 1972 & Diana Lucas, NYC, 1972.

Comments: Painted murals for WPA project, 1935-36. Fought in Spain, 1938-39 and returned to NYC where he again worked for WPA, 1940-41. He served in the U.S. Air Force, 1942-46. Preferred media: oils. Publications: contributor, Reality, 1955; contributor, Tune of the calliope," 1957; editor, "150 masterpieces of drawing," 1965; author, "Creative painting and drawing," 1966. Teaching: Hofstra Univ., 1952-55; New School Social Res., 1952-; Five Towns Music & Art Foundation, 1952-70s.

Sources: WW73; WW47; New York City WPA Art, 87 (w/repros.); Falk, Exh. Record Series.