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Allen Terrell

Allen Townsend Terrell (1897 - 1986) was active/lived in New York.  Allen Terrell is known for Genre, figure, mural painting, drawing, sculpture.

Allen Townsend Terrell (b. 1892 - 1986)

He was born in Riverhead, NY in 1892 where he grew up and attended High School.  The Terrell family traces its family roots back to pre-Revolutionary New England and was prominent on Long Island since the 1850s.

Terrell studied architecture at Columbia University, and after graduation worked briefly for an architectural firm while studying painting and sculpture at New York's Art Student's League under Edward Mc Carten.

In 1927 Terrell's interest in art let him to France.  At the American School in the Palace of Fontainebleau he studied watercolor and fresco painting with Jean Despujols and Paul Baudoin.  Later he went to Paris to study painting at various academies, such as the Julien, the Colarossi, and the Academie Scandinave.  Deciding to specialize in sculpture, he worked with Charles Despiau - his most important influence - and later with Marcel Gimond.  For several years in the late 1920s he   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2701 characters.]  Artist bio

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10 Book References for Allen Terrell
Year Author Title Pages Color
2008 Fleming, Geoffrey K. and Sara Evans (Southold Historical Society) A Shared Aesthetic: Artists of Long Island's North Fork 250 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
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
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1984 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present 656 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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