Craven, Thomas, 1889-....

Born in Kansas; graduate of Kansas Weslyan University; varied career as a reporter, teacher, free lance writer, and lecturer; considered a leader in the awakening of American art.

From the description of Letter, [ca. 1940] March 28. (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 17359223

Writer, author, lecturer, art critic.

From the description of Thomas Craven letter to Alfred S. Dashiell [manuscript], 1931 December 13 and 14. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 174962065

Art critic; New York City; b. 1888; d. 1969

Craven wrote numerous articles, essays, criticisms, and reviews for Scribners, Harpers, The Dial, The Nation, The New Republic, and The Forum. He was art critic for the New York American, the Hearst Paper. After graduating from Kansas Wesleyan University in 1908, Craven lived in Paris for a time. He roomed with American painter Thomas Hart Benton and was friends with John Steuart Curry, George Grosz, Reginald Marsh and Grant Wood. Craven wrote several books including "Men of Art," "Modern Art," "A Treasury of Art Masterpieces," and "Greek Art". Craven was noted for his often caustic reviews and criticisms of the modernistic movement. He died in 1969 at the age of 81.

From the description of Thomas Craven papers, 1919-1949, 1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83869363