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Edward Beatty Rowan

Edward Beatty Rowan (1898 - 1946) was active/lived in Virginia, Iowa, Illinois.  Edward Rowan is known for Painting, museum curating, sculpting, teaching.

A gallery director, painter, sculptor, art historian and teacher, Edward Rowan worked in Falls Church, Virginia and Iowa in Cedar Rapids and Stone City, where he was a member of Grant Wood's Colony. This experience influenced him to be a strong proponent of Regionalism

Rowan was founder and director of The Little Gallery in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1928-1934. The gallery was concerned with promoting education in the community. Because of his success with the Little Gallery, in 1931 he was chosen by the American Federation of Arts to be the director of a new experimental art center in Cedar Rapids. Rowan was also affiliated with the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard before going to Cedar Rapids and served as Chief, Public Buildings Administration, 1930's-1940's. 

As a Public Works Art overseer, he was first Assistant Director of PWA, which was the extensive art and humanities project to find work for artists, writers, and theatre professionals and musicians.  Then in 1935,   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2094 characters.]  Artist bio

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