With its proximity to the cultural hub of New York City and its quieter suburban and rural landscapes, Connecticut was fertile ground for artists and writers in the period of Modernist movements between 1913 and 1979. Many of these cultural figures are well known through biographical and critical studies. Creative Places seeks to show how place played a significant role in creative work, and how in turn the artists and writers influenced communities in Connecticut.
Harry Russell Ballinger
Education/Curation, Illustration, Painting/Drawing
1892 – 1993
- Biography/Description of Work
Harry Russell Ballinger was born in Washington State and studied art at the University of California in San Francisco, the Art Students League in New York City, and Academie Colarossi in Paris. He lived in New Hartford between 1935 and 1940. Ballinger’s preferred media were watercolors and oil and preferred subject seascapes. He illustrated for many magazines such as Yankee Magazine, McCall’s Magazine, and the Saturday Evening Post. He also taught art in Bristol, Connecticut from 1945 to 1946, and at Central Connecticut State University from 1945-1959. Ballinger wrote and illustrated four books: “Painting Surf and Sea” (1957), “Painting Boats and Harbors” (1959), “Landscapes” (1965), and “Painting Sea and Shore” (1966).
- Sources view
- Harry R. ballinger, 100; was artist and illustrator. (1993, Jul 07). Hartford Courant Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/255343801?accountid=10341; http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=117367317&ref=acom; http://www.calart.com/Data/Artists/Harry_Russell_Ballinger.asp; http://www.artprice.com/artist/40851/harry-russell-ballinger/biography
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