Biografie von Henry BILLINGS (1901-1987)

Birth place: Bronxville, NY

Death place: Sag Harbor, NY

Addresses: NYC; Sag Harbor, NY

Profession: Painter, illustrator, muralist

Studied: ASL

Exhibited: NAD, 1927, 1947-48; PAFA, 1934, 1947, 1964; painting, Ford Motor Co., WFNY, 1939; Midtown Gal., 1946 (solo); WMAA, 1932, 1937 & 1940; CI, 1947

Member: Nat. Soc. Mural Painters; Mural Artists Gld.; Am. Soc. PS & G; Woodstock Artists Assoc.

Work: WMAA; William Allen White Library, Kansas State Teachers College; Mus. Science & Indus., NY; Music Hall, NY; Woodstock Artists Assoc. Commissions by U.S. Treasury Dept Fine Art Div.: Saranac (NY) Post Office, 1937; Medford (MA) Post Office, 1938; Wappinger Falls (NY) Post Office; Columbia Court House, TN, 1940

Comments: Preferred media: oils. Positions: designer, United Neighborhoods, Inc., 75th Anniversary Exhib., 1959-61; consultant, UNICEF Photo Exhib., WFNY, 1964. Teaching: Bard College, 1935-53; ASL. Publications: author/illustrator, Construction Ahead, 1950; All Down the Valley, 1952; Bridges, 1955, Viking Press.

Sources: WW73