BILL HOWARD ARMSTRONG (1926-2016) OIL ON BOARD LANDSCAPE 40x30(24" x 34" BOARD)

Description: FRESH FROM SW MISSOURI ESTATE BILL HOWARD ARMSTRONG (1926-2016) OIL ON BOARD LANDSCAPE 40x30(34" x 24" BOARD) . MCM MID CENTURY MODERN ESTATE FRESH. VERY NICE OIL BOARD PAINTING. LISTED ARTIST BILL HOWARD ARMSTRONG EXCELLENT CONDITION . FRAMED. SIGNED " ARMSTRONG 55 96 " I AM NOT CERTAIN OF HIS NUMBERING HERE SO I WILL JUST GUESS AT 1996 TO BE DATE OF PAINTING, ALTHOUGH IT COULD BE 1955 ALSO OR NEITHER ONE. A REALLY WONDERFUL LANDSCAPE. RARE OIL PAINTING BY HIM AS HE WORKED MOSTLY IN WATERCOLORS. PRETTY MUCH A LOCAL LEGEND HERE IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI WITH THE " BH ARMSTRONG GALLERY " NAMED AFTER HIM IN THE SPRINGFIELD ART MUSEUM. FRAME IS 40 1/4" x 30 1/2" . FROM ASKART: Bill Howard Armstrong Born: 1926 - Horton, KansasDied: 2016 - Springfield, MOKnown for: Printmaking, watercolor painting, graphic design, book illustration, teachingB.H. (Bill) Armstrong was born on December 13, 1926, in Horton KS. He passed away August 25, 2016, at James River Care Center, Springfield, MO. Preceded in death by parents, Pearl and Elsie (Brown) Armstrong; and brother Donald.Bill was a founder, Honorary President and Lifetime Achievement Award winner of Watercolor USA Honor Society; Awarded the Missouri Arts Council Lifetime Achievement in the Arts; Springfield Arts Council “Ozzie”; C’ Des Mousquetaires D’ Armagnac; MSU Appreciation Award; Who’s Who in American Art. Member of the following: MSU Founder’s Club; Springfield Art Museum (The BH Armstrong Gallery); Springfield Symphony, Juanita K. Hammons Hall, King’s Way UMC. Numerous prestigious International and National awards I Bill Howard Armstrong was born in Horton, Kansas on Dec. 13, 1926. He attended the University of Illinois (MA) and Bradley University (BA), teaching at both. Between 1955 and 1963 he was an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and is now a Professor Emeritus at Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO,( HE HAS SINCE PASSED AWAY IN 2016) Armstrong has worked as a printmaker, graphic designer and book illustrator throughout his career. He worked as a consultant to the Ford Foundation in the mid 1950's. He has exhibited with the Society of American Graphic Artists (SAGA) and numerous venues throughout the U.S. Armstrong is a Founder and honorary president of the Watercolor USA Honor Society and a member of the Boston Printmakers as well as a number of watercolor societies. ALSO:Bill Howard Armstrong, printmaker, painter, illustrator, and educator, was born in Horton, Kansas on 13 December 1926 to Pearl Marion and Elise Nettie Brown Armstrong. He attended Woodruff High School in Peoria, Illinois graduating in 1944. Armstrong enlisted in the United States Air Cadet Training Program, 1944-1945, and served in Manilla. Following his military discharge, he studied at Bradley University in Peoria and received his BFA degree (cum laude) in 1949. Armstrong continued his education at the University of Illinois at Urbana under Abraham Rattner and received his MFA in 1955. Armstrong’s teaching career began in 1955 when he was hired as an assistant professor in the art department at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. While there he was selected by the Ford Foundation to be an art consultant to the Burma Translation Society in Rangoon. During his stay in Burma, he also worked with UNESCO to organize and conduct seminars for publishers from five Southeast Asian countries. In 1963 he was recruited by Southwest Missouri State University at Springfield to set up their graphic arts department. He spent his career at Southwest Missouri State University where he also taught drawing, painting, and art history classes until his retirement in 1988.Aside from teaching and the creation and promotion of his own art, Armstrong was a freelance illustrator whose illustrations enriched at least eleven books.Armstrong’s work was included in numerous national invitational exhibitions and was featured in international exhibitions via the American Federation of Arts and the Society of American Graphic Artists. He was a member of the Alabama Watercolor Society, the Boston Printmakers, the National Watercolor Society, the Philadelphia Watercolor Club, the Society of American Graphic Artists, and the Missouri Arts Council Visual Arts Advisory Committee. He was a founder and honorary president of Watercolor U.S.A. Honor Society and was given a Lifetime Achievement award from the group in 2006. Armstrong was also a recipient of the Missouri Arts Council’s Achievement Trophy (Missouri’s highest honor for lifetime contribution to the arts) in 1990; an Ozzie award from the Springfield Area Arts Council in 2003; and an Appreciation award, Missouri State University Alumni in 2005.Bill Howard Armstrong’s work is represented in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, New York; and the Springfield Art Museum, Illinois.William (Bill) Howard Armstrong died on 25 August 2016 in Springfield, Missouri.A WONDERFUL ADDITION OR START TO YOUR ART COLLECTION OR A GREAT GIFT FOR THE SPECIAL PERSON.HERELOCAL PICKUP AVAILABLE IN SPRINGFIELD, MO4178308720 FOR DELIVERY QUESTIONS. VINTAGE, PAINTING ART MUSEUM ARTWORK. ABSOLUTE SATISFACTION IS GUARANTEED. ANY QUESTIONS WITH CONCERNS PLEASE EMAIL. .I WILL ALWAYS COMBINE SHIPPING TO THE LOWEST RATE POSSIBLE (IN CASES WHERE SHIPPING IS NO FREE). ADDITIONAL ITEMS WILL BE $1.00 SHIPPING (AT MOST) ON ALL STAMP PRODUCTS. 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Price: 995 USD

Location: Springfield, Missouri

End Time: 2025-01-07T04:56:06.000Z

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