Forbes, W. Stanton

A native of Athens, Mr. Forbes was an artist, married to the late Ellen Endicott and to the late Jean Reti. He studied English literature at the University of Georgia and Vanderbilt University. Mr. Forbes served in World War II in the European Theatre of Operations in the Army Engineers Camouflage Battalion and earned five campaign stars. He studied and worked in Mexico City, earning a Master's Degree in History of Art and Applied Art magna cum laude at Mexico City College in 1953. He held one-man shows in Mexico City, the second focusing exclusively on his series of etchings, Monologue, work that had been supported by a grant from the Huntington Hartford Foundation.

From the description of W. Stanton Forbes papers, 1953-1975. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 298231024

A native of Athens, Mr. Forbes was an artist, married to the late Ellen Endicott and to the late Jean Réti. He studied English literature at the University of Georgia and Vanderbilt University. Mr. Forbes served in World War II in the European Theater of Operations in the Army Engineers Caouflage Battalion and earned five campaign stars. He studied and worked in Mexico City, earning a Master's Degree in History of Art and Applied Art magna cum laude at Mexico City College in 1953. He held one-man shows in Mexico City, the second focusing exclusively on his series of etchings, "Monologue," work that had been supported by a grant from the Huntington Hartford Foundation. Athens Daily News, 28 September, 1989.

Lucy May Stanton created works in oil, pastel, and watercolor; but she is best known as a painter of portrait miniatures in watercolor on ivory, during a revival of that art form, which took place during the Arts and Crafts movement in the United States after 1890. Her mature style in miniature painting is distinguished by her innovative use of broad washes, and her portraits, both miniature and full-scale, and particularly those depicting African Americans, are powerful evocations of character, expression, and mood. Working in the Deep South in the early twentieth century, Stanton was among the first artists to represent black subjects without sentimentality or prejudice. New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-972&sug=y Retrieved 4/29/2009.

From the description of Forbes, W. Stanton. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 319638639