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CHESTER SNOWDEN (AM. 1900-1984)
Studied: University of Texas; Cooper Union Art School; Art Students League; Boardman Robinson; Walter J. Duncan; Harry Sternberg; Grand Central Art School; Richard Art School, Los Angeles.
Member: Southern States Art League.
Exhibited: Museum of Fine Arts Houston, 1935 - 1937, 1938 (prize), 1939 (prize), 1940 - 1945, 1946 (prize), 1954 (prize), 1955 (prize); Corcoran Gallery biennial, 1941; Southwest Texas Exhibition, 1946, and prior; Texas General; Laguna Gloria Museum, Austin, TX; Elisabet Ney Museum, Austin; Junior League of Houston, 1952 (solo).
Awards: prizes, Art League of Houston, 1953, 1955; Beaumont Museum of Art, 1958.
Comments: Illustrator: “Shafts of Gold,” 1938; “Children of Hawaii,” 1939; “Ape of Heaven”; “Half Dark Moon”; “Wildwood Friends,” and other books. Author: “Pioneer Texas” (a play).
Source: Who Was Who in American Art
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