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Vernon Carroll Porter, artist, was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1896.〔The Artists' Bluebook - Worldwide Edition http://www.askart.com/AskART/P/vernon_carrol_porter/vernon_carrol_porter.aspx?searchtype=SUMMARY&artist=119970〕 He studied at the Art Students League,〔Alumni pages of the ''Arts Students League'' http://www.theartstudentsleague.org/alumni.html〕 Grand Central School Academy, the Mechanics Institute and Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and was known for his surreal landscape oil paintings.〔 As chairman of the Artists Aid Committee, Mr. Porter started the ''Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit'' in 1931,〔The New York Times, obituary pages, Sept. 15, 1982 http://www.nytimes.com/1982/09/15/obituaries/vernon-porter-artist-is-dead-originator-of-outdoor-exhibit.html〕 with the objective of helping artists survive the Great Depression. The first exhibit, which lasted nine days, was limited to 10 artists who lived in New York. Most of the group lived below 14th Street with the remainder residing in Brooklyn.〔The Brooklyn Rail - Sept 2009 edition http://www.brooklynrail.org/2009/09/artseen/another-world-the-washington-square-outdoor-art-exhibit〕 The exhibit has since been reorganized into a nonprofit corporation for ''stimulating, promoting and preserving contemporary American art.''〔From the website of the Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit - extract from the Sept. 2009 edition of ''The Brooklyn Rail'' http://www.washingtonsquareoutdoorartexhibit.org/images/another-world-the-w.pdf〕 The ''Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit'', in the heart of Greenwich Village, has become a major annual tourist attraction while it continues to provide an exhibit area for upcoming new artists to meet with gallery owners, critics and collectors. From 1938 to 1947, Vernon Porter was Director of the Riverside Museum.〔 Vernon was married to Beata Beach, painter, designer, illustrator, and etcher.〔The Artists' Bluebook - Worldwide Edition http://www.askart.com/askart/b/beata_mrs_vernon_c_porter_beach/beata_mrs_vernon_c_porter_beach.aspx〕 She was a daughter of renowned sculptor Chester Beach 〔Wikipedia biography of Chester Beach and acclaimed nature artist Eleanor Hollis Murdock Beach. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_Beach〕 Mr. Porter was living in Putnam Valley, New York when he suffered a stroke and died in Peekskill Community Hospital, Peekskill, New York, August 31, 1982.〔 His wife, Beata Porter, died in August 2007. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vernon Carroll Porter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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