Biografie von Walter REINSEL (1905-1979)

Birth place: Reading, PA

Addresses: Philadelphia, PA

Profession: Painter, designer, etcher

Studied: PAFA with Arthur B. Carles; Andre Lhote, Paris; Mirmade, France.

Exhibited: Salons of Am.; S. Indp. A., 1927; Wanamaker Regional, Phila., 1934; PAFA Ann., 1939-54; PAFA, 1948 (solo); Reading Mus. Art, 1945; Phila. WCC Ann., 1950-72; AWCS, 1958-62; Audubon Artists, 1953-55; Phila. Art All. (3 solos); Dubin Gal., Phila., 1951 (solo); Butler AI, 1954-58. Awards: several medals for layout design & typography; medal, Phila. Sketch Club, 1952; Harrison Morris Prize, PAFA Fellowship, 1953-57; Phila. WCC Medal & Award, 1967 & T. Oakley Mem. Prize, 1968.

Member: Artists Equity Assn., Phila. Chapt.; Phila. WCC; PAFA; Phila. Art All. (mem. oil comt.).

Work: PMA; Reading (PA)Pub. Mus.; Woodmere Art Gal., Phila.; Container Corp., Chicago; oil, Capehart Farnsworth.

Comments: Worked for a time as a stained glass artist. Positions: art dir. & supervisor, N.W. Ayer & Son, 1930-65. Specialty: layout design, typography. Known for his watercolors as well, his painting locations included Monhegan Island (ME).

Sources: WW73; WW47; Curtis, Curtis, and Lieberman, 100, 186; Falk, Exh. Record Series.