Pruett Carter
Pruett Carter | |
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Born | Missouri, U.S. | February 9, 1891
Died | December 1, 1955 | (aged 64)
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Known for | Illustrator |
Elected | Hall of Fame, Society of Illustrators 1988 |
Pruett Carter (9 February 1891 – 1 December 1955)
Early life and education
Carter was born in 1891[2] in Missouri. He grew up in Wyoming on an Indian Reservation.[3] He graduated from the Los Angeles High School,[4] then studied art at the Art Students League of Los Angeles.[3] After completing his education in California, Carter studied in New York under Robert Henri.[4] His and Rex Slinkard's works were exhibited at the League in 1910. A critic for the Los Angeles Times stated, "For the present, instructors of the ASL of LA are pupils of Robert Henri of NY - and you know what that means! You know, at once, that they are strictly up-to-date in their artistic ideas, that they are the most modern of the moderns, and that they are smashing academic traditions with every vigorous stroke of charcoal stick or paintbrush."[4]
Career
Carter taught illustration at the Grand Central School of Art in New York City,[5] with N. C. Wyeth and Harvey Dunn. His students included Lawrence Nelson Wilbur[6] and Perle Fine.[7] He also taught at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles,[5] and was head of the Illustration department.[4]
His illustrations appeared in
In 1988, Carter was inducted into the Society of Illustrators' Hall of Fame.[11]
Personal life
Carter married a woman named Theresa, and about 1920 they had a son named Deal.[2] He and his family lived on the East Coast of the United States until about 1930, when they moved to California. They were living in Studio City, Los Angeles in the mid-1950s.[2] About December 1, 1955, Carter killed his wife and his son, who had been handicapped from birth,[12] while they were sleeping, and then killed himself. Carter had been emotionally upset about selling the family house and an upcoming move to Carrollton, Georgia. His body was found with a .45 revolver in his son's bedroom.[2][13]
References
- ISBN 978-1-59967-342-4.
- ^ a b c d e f "Artist Kills Wife, Son, Self". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. December 2, 1955. p. 1. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
- ^ a b Good Housekeeping. Hearst Corporation. 1921. p. 12.
- ^ a b c d "A Seed of Modernism: The Art Students League of Los Angeles, 1906-1953". Traditional Fine Arts Organization, Inc. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f Frederic B. Taraba. "Pruett Carter". Illustration House. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
- ISBN 978-0-8108-7421-3.
- ISBN 978-1-935617-13-6.
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- ^ Good Housekeeping. C.W. Bryan & Company. May 1920. pp. 20–23.
- ^ "Hall of Fame Past Inductees". Society of Illustrators. April 5, 2015.
- ^ "Noted Artist Kills Wife, Son, Self". Mirror News. San Bernardino, California. December 2, 1955. p. Part I - page 2.
- ^ "Pruett Carter". The Gastonia Gazette. Gastonia, North Carolina. December 3, 1955. p. 3. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
Further reading
- Illustrators. Hastings House. 1989. p. 7.
- Gordon McClelland; Jay T. Last (January 1, 1985). The California Style: California Watercolor Artists, 1925-1955. Hillcrest Press. ISBN 978-0-914589-02-0.
- Step by Step Graphics. Dynamic Graphics, Incorporated. 1996. pp. 112–119.