Chet La More

Chet Harmon La More
Born1908 (1908)
Dane County, Wisconsin
Died1980 (aged 71–72)
Ann Arbor, Michigan
NationalityAmerican
Known forpainter, printmaker, sculptor
Construction, c. 1935–43
Unemployed, 1938

Chet La More (1908–1980) was an American artist.

Biography

La More was born in 1908 in Dane County, Wisconsin.[1] He studied at the Layton School of Art in Milwaukee and the University of Wisconsin.[2] For a time he was the editor of the Baltimore Art Association magazine. In the 1930s he was an artist in the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project Graphic Arts Project. He was also a member of the National Coordinating Committee of the Artists Union.[3]

In 1942, La More located in Buffalo where he taught at the University of Buffalo.[4] He then served in the armed forces in Europe during World War II. He returned to teaching at Buffalo before locating to Ann Arbor to teach at the University of Michigan in 1947.[3] He taught at Michigan until his retirement in 1974.[4]

La More's work was included in 1944 Dallas Museum of Art exhibition of the National Serigraph Society.[5]

La More died in 1980 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.[1]

La More's work is in the collections of the Albright–Knox Art Gallery,[6] the Art Institute of Chicago,[7] the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[8] the Museum of Modern Art,[9] the National Gallery of Art,[10] and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Chet La More". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Chet La More". Burchfield Penney Art Center. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  3. ^ "National Serigraph Society Exhibition | Dallas Museum of Art". Dallas Museum of Art. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  4. ^ "Chet Harmon La More". Albright-Knox. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  5. ^ "Chet Harmon La More". The Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  6. ^ "Refugees". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  7. ^ "Chet La More". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved June 27, 2022.