Vesper George School of Art
Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Infobox school The Vesper George School of Art was a school in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, founded in 1924 and closed in 1983.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref>
History
The school namesake and founder was Template:III (1865–1934) a painter, born in Boston.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The campus had been located at 44 Saint Botolph Street in Boston, Massachusetts.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
For many years the school contributed to the Boston art community, training many talented artists, many of whom are still active in both commercial art and fine arts. In addition to training artists, it served to allow many artists to maintain a living as instructors while they were building their careers.
Alumni
The school's alumni include:
- Charlie Carroll, Lithographer, Etcher, Photographer.
- Bob Bolling, writer and illustrator for Archie Comics. Well-known for his work on Little Archie.
- Al Capp, cartoonist, comic-book artist, he only attended briefly.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Amy Dacyczyn, writer and illustrator for The Tightwad Gazette
- Anne Carleton, painter
- Ernie Coombs, CBC's Mr Dressup
- Bill Everett, comic-book artist, creator of the Sub-Mariner
- Vernon Grant, comic-book writer-artist, The Love Rangers
- Template:III, American painter and faculty member at Vesper George<ref name="RDH_Globe">Template:Cite news</ref>
- Henry E McDaniel, watercolor artist
- Paul McCobb, furniture designer
- Robert McCloskey, children's book author and illustrator, Make Way for Ducklings
- Whit Vye, art director at AEP for My Weekly Reader
- Francis Sumner Merritt, painter, printmaker.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Jan Miner, actress, "Madge" in Palmolive TV commercials
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- Gale Fulton Ross, American visual artist
- John Terelak, Impressionist painter
- Sam Petrucci, Radio operator, Illustrator, Designer, Painter
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- Defunct private universities and colleges in Massachusetts
- Art schools in Massachusetts
- Culture of Boston
- Education in Boston
- History of Boston
- Universities and colleges established in 1924
- Educational institutions disestablished in 1983
- Defunct art schools in the United States
- 1924 establishments in Massachusetts
- 1983 disestablishments in Massachusetts