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Name
  
Davenport Griffen

Died
  
1986

Education
  
Iowa State University


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William Davenport Griffen (1894 Millbrook, New York – 1986 San Rafael, California) was an American artist, and muralist.

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Life

He graduated from Iowa State University, and studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, and the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1928, he won a scholarship.

He worked for the Illinois Works Progress Administration. He painted a mural at Flora, Illinois.

His works are at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.

References

Davenport Griffen Wikipedia