Harold Weston
1894–1972

Introduction

Harold Weston (February 14, 1894 April 10, 1972) was an American modernist painter, based for many years in the Adirondack Mountains, whose work moved from expressionism to realism to abstraction. He was collected by Duncan Phillips (now the Phillips Collection), widely exhibited in the 1920s and 1930s, and painted murals under the Treasury Relief Art Project for the General Services Administration. In later life he was known for his humanitarian food relief work during World War II and his arts advocacy that led to the passage of the National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965. Weston's most recent museum exhibition was at the Shelburne Museum in Vermont, and his most recent gallery exhibition was at Gerald Peters Gallery in New York City.

Wikidata identifier

Q5662727

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Introduction

American muralist.

Roles

Artist, muralist, painter

ULAN identifier

500006170

Names

Harold Weston, Harold F. Weston, Weston

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