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Henrik Mayer

Henrik Martin Mayer (1908 - 1972) was active/lived in Indiana, Connecticut, New Hampshire.  Henrik Mayer is known for Muralist, painter, educator.

Originally from New Hampshire, Henrik Mayer took his art training at the Manchester Institute of Art in New Hampshire and the Yale School of Fine Art, from where he earned a B.F.A.  Among his teachers were Maud Briggs Knowlton and mural specialist Eugene Savage.  In 1931, he studied in Europe as a Winchester Fellow, and the following year he married Jessie Hull, whose birth place was New Haven and whom he met at Yale when they were both art students.

He accepted a teaching position in New York City, and also served as designer and decorator of the New York Cosmopolitan Club including an octagonal room, a job in which he was assisted by his wife.  In 1934 he moved with Jessie to Indianapolis where he became Assistant Director under Director, Donald Mattison, at the John Herron Art Institute.  One of his chief responsibilities was managing the school finances during a time of widespread economic depression.  He also did fine-art painting,   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3447 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Henrik Mayer

   Publications  Book References:  15
Magazine References:  2

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2 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Henrik Mayer
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review The Herron School of Art Centennial December 2002 Warkel, Harriet G. Yes
The Magazine Antiques New York City and the Ashcan School November 1995 Mecklenburg, Virginia Yes
15 Book References for Henrik Mayer
Year Author Title Pages Color
2015 Pollack, Deborah C. Visual Art and the Urban Evolution of the New South 400 Yes
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1995 Curtis, Jane and Will, Frank Lieberman, Carl Little (Foreward) Monhegan: The Artists' Island 192 Yes
1993 Newton, Judith/Carol Weiss A Grand Tradition: The Art and Artists of the Hoosier Salon, 1925-1990 479 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950
(Exhibition catalog)
622 No
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)
538 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1966 Editors Who's Who in American Art, 1966 0 No
1947 Gilbert, Dorothy, (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 1947 685 No
1939 Watson, Forbes (essay) American Painting Today 179 Yes
1937 Breckinridge, Mrs. H. (essay) Second National Exhibition of American Art Summer 1937
(Exhibition catalog)
32 No
1936 Breckinridge, Mrs. (essay) First National Exhibition of American Art
(Exhibition catalog)
32 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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