Monty Lewis (artist) explained

Monty Lewis (1907–1997) was an American painter, muralist, and educator.He was a 1930 Guggenheim Fellow.^[1]

Life

Lewis was born in Cardiff, Wales.He studied at the Art Students League of New York.He was a member of the Federal Art Project, and painted murals at the Museum of Man building at the 1939 New York World's Fair as well as public schools in New Jersey.

He was founder and director of the Coronado School of Fine Arts.^[2] His papers are held at the Archives of American Art.^[3]

External links

• Oral history interview with Monty Lewis, 1964 June 25
• http://schools.nyc.gov/community/facilities/PublicArt/Art/default.htm?ac=283
• http://coronadolibrarylookout.blogspot.com/2011/11/art-in-coronado-library.html

Notes and References

1. Web site: Monty Lewis - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation . 2011-12-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120528101743/http://www.gf.org/fellows/8759-monty-lewis . May 28, 2012 . mdy-all .
2. Web site: Historiy . www.sdvag.net . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20041024100857/http://sdvag.net/History/Chapter%20V8.htm . 2004-10-24.
3. Web site: Monty Lewis papers, 1928-[ca. 1960.].