Background
Ripley, Alden Lassell was born on December 31, 1896 in Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Aiden P. and Inez (Lassell) Ripley.
Ripley, Alden Lassell was born on December 31, 1896 in Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Aiden P. and Inez (Lassell) Ripley.
Student Fenway School Illustration, Boston, School Museum Fine Arts, Boston. Paige traveling fellow, 1924-1925.
Painter since 1926; works represented Chicago The Art Institute of Chicago, Boston Museum Fine Arts, Municipal Art Gallery, Davenport, Iowa, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, North.B., Canada. Mural works include Purchase of Land from Indians, Winchester (Massachusetts) Public Library, Paul Revere’s Ride, Lexington (Massachusetts) Post Office, Paul Revere: The Events of his Life, 14 paintings, 1959-1965. Awards and prizes include: Logan Prize, International Water Color Exhibition, Chicago, 1928.
1st prize and purchase, Contemporary Water Color Exhibition, Boston, 1929.
Obrig prize New York Water Color Club, 1933. Blair Purchase Prize, Chicago, 1936.
American Watercolor Society medal, 1945, Osborne purchase prize, 1947, Harriet Sanford Stuart Memorial purchase prize, New York City, 1952, Hans Obst prize, New York City, 1954. Ranger Fund purchase prize, National Academy, 1953.
American Artists Professional League, Gold Medal, Grand National Exhibition, New York City, 1954, Honorary Mention, 1955, prize and gold medal, 1965.
B. L. Makepeace Award of Merit, Boston Society Water Color Painters, 1955. George South. Keyes Prize and Gold Meda Concord Art Association, 1955.
First prize American Artists Professional League, 1955, watercolor award, 1964, 66.
Associate members award Allied Artists Exhibition, 1957. Richard Mitton Memorial award, Gold Medal Jordan Marsh Exhibition, 1958, 61, 65.
Award excellence Boston Watercolor Society, 1960.
Mason prize National Academy of Design, 1964. Member of National Society of Mural Painters, Guild of Boston Artists. American Society Water Color Painters, Audubon Artists, National Academy Design, Allied Artists of America, American Artists Professional League, Boston Society Water Color Painters.
Married to Doris Verne, 1920.