EDWARD J. GLANNON

Landscape Painter

Born: Pittsburgh, PA,   October 2, 1911
Died: Roslyn, New York   May 28, 1992

Art Studies:

The Art Students League (1932-1934)

Schnackenburg Fellowship
Studied with Kenneth Hayes Miller,
Thomas Hart Benton, Alexander Brook

Art Teaching:

   Gramercy Boys Club, New York, N.Y.  (1934-42)
   The Fieldston School, New York, N.Y. (1937-1962)
   Roslyn High School, Roslyn, N.Y.  (1965-75)

Media:   Oils (until 1966)
   Watercolors (1966-92)
   Lithography (1970-92)

Collections:

   Smithsonian Institution
   Irish National Gallery
   John Jacob Astor Collection
   Benjamin Van Ralte Collection
   Numerous private collections
   Montana Museum of Art and Culture
   Southern Illinois University
   Everglades National Park Museum

Gallery Affiliations:

   Mortimer Leavitt Gallery (1940's)
   Forley & Wren, New York, N.Y. (1962-66)
   Mark of the Phoenix, New York, N.Y. (1966-67)
   The Old Print Shop, New York, NY ((2005-present)

Books Illustrated:

   Guess What's In The Grass, W. R. Scott (1945) (text by
 Lucy Sprague Mitchell)

   Everybody Eats, W. R. Scott (1946) (text by Mary
 McBurney Green)

Radio Program:

            “That’s Interesting” Interview by Shirley Sanberg
                        (CW Post WCWP FM; 1987)

Television Program:

   "The Land I Love: The Work of Painter Edward Glannon"
(Public Broadcasting; ½ hour; 1972)

Prizes and Awards:

   Freedom Medal, Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge (1973)

Articles:

   "Art in a Human Dimension," in Teaching and Learning,
 Ethical Culture Schools, 1962
   "The WPA Experience," in Roots in Open Education (1976)
   "A Letter to a Social Studies Teacher," in Arts Education
 Bulletin, Eastern Arts Assn. (1957)
   "A Teacher Talks Back," in Center Post, Guidance Center
 of New Rochelle, Inc. 1959