Background
Guptill, Arthur Leighton was born on March 19, 1891 in Gorham, Maine, United States. Son of Edward William and Nellie Ann (Stewart) Guptill.
Guptill, Arthur Leighton was born on March 19, 1891 in Gorham, Maine, United States. Son of Edward William and Nellie Ann (Stewart) Guptill.
Graduate in architecture Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, 1912. Student Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1914-1916.
1 son, Arthur Leighton. Registered architect, since 1916. Partner Bearse & Guptill, architectural designers and illustrators, New York City, 1919-1925.
Also free-lance specialist in design, free-lance advertising artist, consultant to advertising agencies, teacher professional art schools, 1916-1937. Part-time art director Reinhold Public Corporation, 1930-1937. Conductor Guptill’s Corner in architectural magazine Pencil Points, 1934-1937.
Executive vice president Watson-Guptill Publications, Inc., New York City, 1937-1951, president, since 1951. Editor, public (with Ernest W. Watson and Ralph W. Reinhold) magazine American Artist.
Fellow Royal Society Arts London. Member American International Assurance, Amateur Artists Association American, Inc. (founder president).
Club: Art Directors, (New York City).
Married Ethel Marguerite Weir, August 4, 1914.