Keith Crown, May 27, 1918 - January 31, 2010, was an American abstract painter and professor of art at the University of Southern California.[1]
Biography
editKeith Crown was born in Keokuk, Iowa and grew up in Gary, Ind. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago from 1936-40 and 1945-46, earning bachelor's degree in fine art. He served as Staff Sergeant and Infantry Artist in the South Pacific during WWII where he was a field correspondent to ''Yank Magazine''. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal.
References
edit- ^ Reich, Sheldon. Keith Crown: Watercolors. Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 1986.