Lewis, Monty, 1907-1997

Painter, designer, mural painter; New York and California; b. Cardiff, Wales, 1907; d. 1997.

From the description of Oral history interview with Monty Lewis, 1964 June 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78707473

Painter, muralist, educator; Coronado, Calif. Died 1997.

Born in Cardiff, Wales, Lewis studied at the Art Students League in New York and received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1930, studying architecture and related art forms. His mural commissions include the Museum of Man Building for the 1939 New York World's Fair and for public schools in New Jersey. He moved to Coronado, Calif. in 1942 and founded the Coronado School of Fine Arts in 1945, serving as its director until 1990. At the time of its founding, it was the only school teaching the art of fresco. The school practiced a stylized method of instruction that was highly individualistic and informal, allowing instructors complete freedom in their teaching procedures.

From the description of Monty Lewis papers, 1928-[ca. 1960.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78587907