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Francis Quirk
Francis Joseph Quirk (June 3, 1907 – February 5, 1974) was an American artist, educator, museum curator, and TV personality. He is best known for his paintings of Edgar Lee Masters and Carl Sandburg, as well as his affiliation with Lehigh University as a professor and curator.
Francis Quirk was born on June 3, 1907, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. His parents Edward and Anne (née O’Neil) lived on 30 Waldo Street in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. He was the second of five children, the others being an older brother Edward, a younger brother Henry, younger sister Anna M. and younger sister Helen M.[citation needed]
Quirk completed his undergraduate work at the Rhode Island School of Design where he was the co-founder of a short-lived student humor publication, The Salamander. He completed his certificate in 1929 and his post graduate work in 1930. Upon graduation, he received the Trustees Post-Graduate Scholarship. During this year he served on the staff of the "Student Designer" in the Art Department. He later continued post-graduate studies in 1941–1942 at the University of Pennsylvania. Biographies also list him as training in Provincetown, Massachusetts, Woodstock, New York, France and Italy. He also studied under J. R. Frazier and F. Sisson.
Quirk was an art teacher from 1930 until 1935 at the Montgomery School, for boys in grades 1–12 in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. While teaching at the school, Quirk was quite active outside the classroom and establishing himself as a talented artist.
In 1932, Quirk successfully competed for a place at the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation that allowed him to spend three months at Tiffany's estate at Laurelton Hall in Cold Spring Harbor on Long Island. Judges for the competition included impressionist painter Child Hassam and sculptor Daniel Chester French.
Also in 1932, Quirk exhibited at the Provincetown Art Association a painting of Fred Fischer's Place. He also won the Juror's Prize at the Providence Art Club's Annual Exhibition with his painting of Scott Adams III.
In 1935, Quirk began a 15-year relationship with the Ogontz School for Young Ladies. For the first 5 years he was Professor of Art, Drawing, and Painting. For the last 10 years he was Head of the Art Department. While at Ogontz, on September 12, 1936, he married Anna F. Feeley with whom he had two children, Ada-Lee and Jaimie. Anna also served on the faculty of Ogontz College.[citation needed] She also was a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, was Supervisor of Art in Cranston, RI public school system, founded the Cranston School of Creative Arts and exhibited her paintings in Maine.
During his time at Ogontz, his reputation as a portrait painter grew considerably. He also painted Carl Sandburg at the request of Abby Sutherland Brown. The Writers Guild of Pennsylvania commissioned a portrait of Edgar Lee Masters in 1946 that later became the 70th painting to enter the collection of the US National Portrait Gallery.[citation needed]
Francis Quirk
Francis Joseph Quirk (June 3, 1907 – February 5, 1974) was an American artist, educator, museum curator, and TV personality. He is best known for his paintings of Edgar Lee Masters and Carl Sandburg, as well as his affiliation with Lehigh University as a professor and curator.
Francis Quirk was born on June 3, 1907, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. His parents Edward and Anne (née O’Neil) lived on 30 Waldo Street in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. He was the second of five children, the others being an older brother Edward, a younger brother Henry, younger sister Anna M. and younger sister Helen M.[citation needed]
Quirk completed his undergraduate work at the Rhode Island School of Design where he was the co-founder of a short-lived student humor publication, The Salamander. He completed his certificate in 1929 and his post graduate work in 1930. Upon graduation, he received the Trustees Post-Graduate Scholarship. During this year he served on the staff of the "Student Designer" in the Art Department. He later continued post-graduate studies in 1941–1942 at the University of Pennsylvania. Biographies also list him as training in Provincetown, Massachusetts, Woodstock, New York, France and Italy. He also studied under J. R. Frazier and F. Sisson.
Quirk was an art teacher from 1930 until 1935 at the Montgomery School, for boys in grades 1–12 in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. While teaching at the school, Quirk was quite active outside the classroom and establishing himself as a talented artist.
In 1932, Quirk successfully competed for a place at the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation that allowed him to spend three months at Tiffany's estate at Laurelton Hall in Cold Spring Harbor on Long Island. Judges for the competition included impressionist painter Child Hassam and sculptor Daniel Chester French.
Also in 1932, Quirk exhibited at the Provincetown Art Association a painting of Fred Fischer's Place. He also won the Juror's Prize at the Providence Art Club's Annual Exhibition with his painting of Scott Adams III.
In 1935, Quirk began a 15-year relationship with the Ogontz School for Young Ladies. For the first 5 years he was Professor of Art, Drawing, and Painting. For the last 10 years he was Head of the Art Department. While at Ogontz, on September 12, 1936, he married Anna F. Feeley with whom he had two children, Ada-Lee and Jaimie. Anna also served on the faculty of Ogontz College.[citation needed] She also was a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, was Supervisor of Art in Cranston, RI public school system, founded the Cranston School of Creative Arts and exhibited her paintings in Maine.
During his time at Ogontz, his reputation as a portrait painter grew considerably. He also painted Carl Sandburg at the request of Abby Sutherland Brown. The Writers Guild of Pennsylvania commissioned a portrait of Edgar Lee Masters in 1946 that later became the 70th painting to enter the collection of the US National Portrait Gallery.[citation needed]