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William Thon

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William Thon (1906 - 2000) was active/lived in Maine, New York / Italy.  William Thon is known for Highly abstract painting, marine, figure and landscape.

William Thon was an American artist noted for highly abstracted landscape paintings.  He debuted as a professional artist in 1939 at the Corcoran Gallery Biennial* exhibition.  He was born in New York City in 1906, and spent his childhood summers camping on Staten Island. He also developed a great love of travel, and in 1933 made an eight-month voyage to the Cocos Islands in the Pacific.

He joined the Navy during World War II, and shortly after the war won the Prix de Rome*, a fellowship in Rome to the American Academy,* which he later served as trustee. Recognition for him continued with his participation in the 1942 "Artists for Victory" exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art*, and in 1944, Midtown Galleries in New York held his first one-person show. This gallery then continued to be his representative throughout his career.  He had subsequent solo exhibitions at Smith College Art Museum, Fort Wayne Museum and Farnsworth Museum in Rockland, Maine.  He   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4054 characters.]  Artist bio

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   Publications  Book References:  43
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3 Miscellaneous Magazine References for William Thon
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Watercolor: American Artist Andrew Wyeth Picks 20 Great American Watercolorists October 2006 Doherty, M. Stephen Yes
American Art Review Life and Work of William Thon April 2002 Larsen, Susan C Yes
American Art Review Bates College Museum of Art June 2000 McLean, Genetta Yes
43 Book References for William Thon
Year Author Title Pages Color
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
2004 Dearinger, David B. Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of The National Academy of Design Volume One: 1826-1925 672 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1999 Steiner, Raymond J The Art Students League of New York: A History (Students) 187 No
1993 Bowker R R Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts) 1473 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950
(Exhibition catalog)		 622 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)		 1117 No
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)		 538 No
1988 Columbus Museum of Art The American Collections Columbus Museum of Art 271 Yes
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1987 Mecklenburg, Virginia Modern American Realism The Sara Roby Foundation Collection
(Exhibition catalog)		 148 Yes
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1984 Faunce, Sarah; Linda S. Ferber (Curators) American Watercolors, Pastels, Collages The Brooklyn Museum 88 Yes
1981 Betts, Edward Creative Seascape Painting 151 Yes
1981 Newark Museum American Art in the Newark Museum Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture 431 Yes
1979 Brooklyn Museum American Paintings/Brooklyn Museum Complete Illustrated Listing of Works 133 Yes
1979 Strickler, Susan (Catalogue); William Hutton (Editor) The Toledo Museum of Art American Paintings 227 Yes
1977 Hoopes, Donelson F American Watercolor Painting 208 Yes
1976 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition 756 No
1975 Chambers, Bruce W American Paintings in the High Museum of Art/Bicentenial Catalogue 127 Yes
1974 Baigell, Mathew The American Scene: American Painting of the 1930s 214 Yes
1974 Baur, John I H Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection 235 Yes
1974 E B Crocker Art Gallery American Drawings & Watercolors From the Munson Williams Proctor Institote
(Exhibition catalog)		 28 Yes
1973 University of Kansas Museum American Drawings and Watercolors 80 No
1968 Kent, Norman 100 Watercolor Techniques 216 Yes
1966 Fabri, Ralph History of American Watercolor Society: The First Hundred Years/History
(Exhibition catalog)		 90 Yes
1966 Gardner, Albert Ten Eyck History of Water Color in America 160 Yes
1965 Goldman, Eric F.; Tracy Atkinson The Beauty of America in Great American Art (Country Beautiful Foundation) 162 Yes
1964 Gruskin, Alan The Painter and His Techniques William Thon 151 Yes
1964 Gruskin, Alan William Thon: The Artist and His Techniques 0 No
1963 Chase, Mary Ellen; Louisa Dresser, Nina Fletcher Little, et all Maine and Its Role in American Art, 1740-1953 178 Yes
1962 Weller, Allen S/Lee Nordness Art U S A Now (2 volumes) 474 Yes
1957 Eliot, Alexander Three Hundred Years of American Painting 318 Yes
1956 Pousette-Dart, Nathaniel (ed) American Painting Today 127 Yes
1954 Clark, Eliot History of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953 296 No
1951 Bazin, Germain/A Gloeckner History of Modern Painting 391 Yes
1950 Metropolitan Museum of Art American Painting Today 1950 A National Competitive Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)		 60 No
1948 Genauer, Emily Best of Art 182 Yes
1946 Gruskin, Alan D Painting in the U S A 223 Yes
1943 Soby, James Thrall/D C Miller Romantic Painting in America
(Exhibition catalog)		 144 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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