Davenport Griffen

William Davenport Griffen (1894 Millbrook, New York – 1986 San Rafael, California) was an American artist, and muralist.[1]

Life

He graduated from Iowa State University, and studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, and the Art Institute of Chicago.[2] In 1928, he won a scholarship.[3]

He worked for the Illinois Works Progress Administration.[4][5] He painted a mural at Flora, Illinois.[6]

His works are at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Smithsonian American Art Museum,[7] and the Whitney Museum of American Art.

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