Lester, William, 1910-1991
Variant namesPainter; Austin, Texas.
From the description of William Lester papers, 1930-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122454521
Artist William Lester was born in Graham, Texas, in 1910. He was an artist for the Civilian Conservation Corps camp near Paladuro Canyon, Texas and near Fort Sill, Oklahoma in the mid 1930s, and taught at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts School at the beginning of the 1940s. He joined the faculty of the University of Texas Department of Art in 1942, and was Chairman from 1952-1954. He retired from UT as Professor Emeritus in 1972. William Lester died in 1991. His art was published by the Laguna Gloria Art Museum in 1993 in Companions in time: the paintings of William Lester and Everett Spruce .
From the guide to the William Lester Slide Collection N/A., 1958-1973, (Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin)
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| creatorOf | Lester, William, 1910-1991. William Lester art work and papers, 1930-1994. | Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Lester, William Lewis, 1910- : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. | Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library | |
| creatorOf | Lester, William, 1910-1991. Artist file. | Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives | |
| creatorOf | Bror Julius Olsson (B.J.O.) Nordfeldt papers | Archives of American Art | |
| creatorOf | William Lester Slide Collection N/A., 1958-1973 | Benson Latin American Collection, General Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin | |
| creatorOf | Lester, William Lewis, 1910-1991. William Lewis Lester : artist file : study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation 1930?-1990 [graphic] [compiled by staff of The Museum of Modern Art, New York]. | Frick Art Reference Library of The Frick Collection | |
| creatorOf | William Lester papers | Archives of American Art |
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| associatedWith | Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Nordfeldt, Bror Julius Olsson, 1878-1955. | person |
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Birth 1910-08-20
Death 1991-11-27
