Balcomb Greene

Balcomb Greene spray painting and smoking a pipe, 1939. Federal Art Project W.P.A. Photographer: Robbins

Courtesy of Western Regional Archives

FOCUS

Art/ Design/ Craft

ROLE

Guest Faculty

ATTENDANCE

1946 - 1946

BIRTH

1904-05-22

Millville, NY

DEATH

1990-11-12

Montauk, NY

Balcomb Greene was an American artist and teacher. He and his wife, artist Gertrude Glass Greene, were heavily involved in political activism to promote mainstream acceptance of abstract art and were founding members of the American Abstract Artists organization. His early style was completely non-objective.

Balcomb was guest faculty of painting in the Summer Art Institute of 1946. Upon applying to be guest faculty, he shared that he studied at Syracuse University, Columbia University, New York University, and New York School for Social Work. He taught at Dartmouth College and was presently teaching art history at Carnegie Institute of Tech from 1942 to time of application.

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