Ralston Crawford

About the Artist

Peter A. Juley & Son. Ralston Crawford. 1938. Gelatin silver print. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Peter A. Juley & Son Collection

Meeting Points

Cultural Hubs New York

Artist Chronology

September 5, 1906	Born At location: Ralston Crawford	Saint Catharines
1910–26	Lives in Buffalo; holds a variety of jobs, including architectural draftsman At location: Ralston Crawford	Buffalo
1927–32	Studies at the Otis Art Institute At location: Ralston Crawford	Los Angeles
Mid-late 1927	Works as an illustrator at Walt Disney's studio At location: Ralston Crawford	Burbank
Late 1920s	Studies at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and at the Barnes Foundation At location: Ralston Crawford	Merion Philadelphia
1930–32	Lives in New York City; devotes his time to painting At location: Ralston Crawford	New York
Fall 1931	American Painters at Hotel Marguery Participant: Ralston Crawford	New York
November 1931	American Painters at Balzac Galleries Participant: Ralston Crawford	New York
1932–33	Enrolls at Académie Colarossi and Académie Scandinave At location: Ralston Crawford	Paris
1933	The Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Annual Exhibition, at the Art Club Gallery Participant: Ralston Crawford	Philadelphia
March 16–April 17, 1933	Selected Groups of Miscellaneous Work in Various Media from the Studios of Artists in the Delaware Valley Region, Philadelphia, and New York at the Art League of Washington, D.C. Participant: Ralston Crawford	District of Columbia
January 1–February 24, 1934	Paintings by Ralston Crawford, his first solo exhibition, at the Maryland Institute Participant: Ralston Crawford	Baltimore
January 28–February 25, 1934	129th Annual Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Participant: Ralston Crawford	Philadelphia
1935–39	Lives in Chadds Ford and Exton; paints local barns and industry and experiments with photography At location: Ralston Crawford	Exton Chadds Ford
March 24–May 5, 1935	The 14th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, at the Corcoran Gallery of Art Participant: Ralston Crawford	District of Columbia
April 6–28,1935	Society of the Independent Artists 19th Annual Exhibition, at the Grand Central Palace Participant: Ralston Crawford	New York
December 1936	Paintings by David Burliuk, Ralston Crawford, Andrew Dasburg, Emlen Etting, Arshile Gorky, John McCrady, Harold Weston; Sculpture by Chaim Gross, Oronzio Maldarelli at the Boyer Galleries Participant: Ralston Crawford	New York
1937	The Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Annual Exhibition, at the Art Club Gallery Participant: Ralston Crawford	Philadelphia
March 10–30, 1937	Exhibition of Paintings: Ralston Crawford at the Boyer Galleries Participant: Ralston Crawford	Philadelphia
April 5–25, 1937	Society of the Independent Artists 21st Annual Exhibition, at the Grand Central Palace Participant: Ralston Crawford	New York
November 10–December 12, 1937	Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting at the Whitney Museum of American Art Participant: Ralston Crawford, Theodore Roszak	New York
December 14–24, 1938	Ralston Crawford: Paintings at the Philadelphia Art Alliance Participant: Ralston Crawford	Philadelphia
February 18–October 29, 1939 and May 25–September 29, 1940	Golden Gate International Exposition Visitor: Anne W. Brigman Participant: Ralston Crawford, John Gutmann, Charles Sheeler Organizer: Johan Hagemeyer	San Francisco
February 23–March 11, 1939	Ralston Crawford: Paintings at the Boyer Galleries Participant: Ralston Crawford	New York
March 12–April 7, 1941	A New Realism: Crawford, Demuth, Spencer, Sheeler at the Cincinnati Art Museum Participant: Ralston Crawford, Charles Sheeler	Cincinnati
1942	Teaches at the Albright Art School At location: Ralston Crawford	Buffalo
May 25–June 4, 1942	Ralston Crawford: Paintings at J. N. Adam & Co. Participant: Ralston Crawford	Buffalo
June–July 1942	The Work of Ralston Crawford at the Flint Institute of Arts Participant: Ralston Crawford	Flint
Late 1942	Enlists in the 603rd Engineers Camouflage Battalion of the U.S. army At location: Ralston Crawford	Buffalo
November 1942	Exhibition of Paintings by Ralston Crawford at the Closson Galleries Participant: Ralston Crawford	Cincinnati
December 7, 1942–February 22, 1943	Artists for Victory at The Metropolitan Museum of Art Participant: Ralston Crawford, Lyonel Feininger	New York
1943–45	Chief of the Visual Presentation Unit, Weather Division, Army Air Force At location: Ralston Crawford	District of Columbia Burma China India
March 5–April 3, 1943	Paintings by Ralston Crawford at the Artists' Gallery, Philip Ragan Associates Participant: Ralston Crawford	Philadelphia
October 5–30, 1943	American Art 1943 at the Downtown Gallery Participant: Ralston Crawford	New York
January 4–29, 1944	Ralston Crawford: In Peace and War at the Downtown Gallery Participant: Ralston Crawford	New York City
February 8–March 12, 1944	Abstract and Surrealist Art in the United States at the Cincinnati Art Museum Participant: Ralston Crawford	Cincinnati
April 1945	His photograph Air Transport is used as the cover of Fortune magazine Contributor: Ralston Crawford	New York
April 2–May 2, 1946	Ralston Crawford: Paintings at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art Participant: Ralston Crawford	Santa Barbara
October 4–27, 1946	Advancing American Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, organized by the Office of International Information and Cultural Affairs of the United States State Department Participant: Ralston Crawford	New York
December 3–21, 1946	Ralston Crawford: Paintings of Operation Crossroads at Bikini at the Downtown Gallery Participant: Ralston Crawford	New York
July 8–August 3, 1947	Ralston Crawford: Paintings, Photographs, Photograms at the Honolulu Academy of Arts Participant: Ralston Crawford	Honolulu
October 4–30, 1947	Five Prodigal Sons: Former Philadelphia Artists Ralston Crawford, Stuart Davis, Charles Demuth, Julian Levi, Charles Sheeler at the Coleman Art Gallery Participant: Ralston Crawford, Charles Sheeler	Philadelphia
September 1949	Publishes "A Modern Artist Explains the Relationship between His Photography and Painting" in Modern Painting Contributor: Ralston Crawford
October 12–November 1, 1949	Prints, Drawings, Photographs by Ralston Crawford at the Pfeiffer Library, MacMurray College Participant: Ralston Crawford	Jacksonville
1952–53	Teaches at the New School for Social Research At location: Ralston Crawford	New York
April 27, 1978	Dies At location: Ralston Crawford	Houston

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