Bridaham, Lester Burbank
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Bridaham, Lester Burbank
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Bridaham, Lester Burbank
Bridaham, Lester Burbank 1899-1992
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Bridaham, Lester Burbank 1899-1992
Bridaham, Lester Burbank, 1899-
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Bridaham, Lester Burbank, 1899-
Burbank Bridaham, Lester
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Artist.
Born and raised in Denver, Colorado. Graduated from MIT. Trained at Harvard in Museum Administration. Served as secretary for the board of directors at the Chicago Art Institute (1945). Executive director at the Louisiana State Museum (1954-1956). Director of Chicago Historical Society (1956). Operated Lester B. Bridaham and Company, a fine arts appraisal service, in Denver, Colorado. Taught art classes. His wife, Dorothy, was the fine arts editor for the Denver Post (ca. 1963). Died in 1992.
Museum director, art historian, painter, and printmaker; d. 1992.
Bridaham received a degree in chemical engineering from M.I.T. and studied art history at Harvard's Fogg Museum from 1936-1937. He received a 1931 American Field Service fellowship for study in France and Morocco, and studied studio art at the Art Students League under Kimon Nicolaides and Kenneth Hayes Miller. Between 1938 and 1954, Bridaham was a staff officer at the Art Institute of Chicago. He was also the director of the Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans, and of the Strathmont Museum, Elmira, N.Y. He is the author of Gargoyles, Chimeras and the Grotesque in French Gothic Sculpture.
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Art, Modern
Art historians
Artists
Arts
Art teachers
Decorative art
Monotype (Engraving), American
Mural painting and decoration
Museum directors
Painters
Painting, American
Printmakers
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Mexico
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Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
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Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
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United States
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Colorado--Denver
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