Background
Covey, Arthur Sinclair was born on June 13, 1877 in Bloomington, Illinois, United States. Son of Byron and Emmeline (Edwards) Covey.
Covey, Arthur Sinclair was born on June 13, 1877 in Bloomington, Illinois, United States. Son of Byron and Emmeline (Edwards) Covey.
Covey attended Southwestern College and studied for three years at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he graduated in 1899. He later taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. At the age of 16, Covey participated in the Cherokee Strip Land Run in Oklahoma on September 16, 1893.
During his subsequent career as an artist, one of his frequently-reproduced drawings (from 1953) depicted this Cherokee Strip Run.
Arthur Covey died in Tarpon Springs, Florida on February 5, 1960.
Club: Salmagundi (New York City).
Married Mary Sale, 1908 (died 1917). Married second, Lois Lenski, 1921. Children: Margaret Sale, Laird Fortune.