Background
Watson, Dudley Crafts was born on April 28, 1885 in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, United States. Son of William Weldon and Augusta Crafts (Tolman) Watson.
Watson, Dudley Crafts was born on April 28, 1885 in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, United States. Son of William Weldon and Augusta Crafts (Tolman) Watson.
Graduated from the high school, Chicago, 1904. Studied Armour Institute Technology, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago. Studied in Madrid and Valencia, Spain, Paris, and London.
Pupil of Sorolla and Sir Alfred East.
A.F.D., Beloit College, 1935.
Member faculty, and teacher water color painting The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, 1908-1913, membership lecturer 1926-1960, also extension lecturer to public schools, 1934-1960, Art through Travel lecturer, 1950-1960. Director Milwaukee The Art Institute of Chicago, 1913-1926. University of Wisconsin externion lecturer 1926-1960.
Art editor Milwaukee Journal, 1917-1920.
Dramatic editor Milwaukee Free Press, 1915-1916. Director art education, Minnesota State Fair, 1915-1928.
Conducted annual art pilgramages to Europe, Russia, Asia, Latin American, 1956. Official fine arts lecturer Century of Progress Exposition, Chicago, 1933, 1934, Texas Centennial, 1935, Great Lakes Exposition, 1936, New York World’s Fair, 1939-1940.
Annual lecturer Carnegie International Exhibition, Pittsburgh, 1928-1960.
Originator and producer of music picture symphonies. Author and producer pageants. Author: Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Painting.
Taste Through the Ages.
Occupational Opportunities in the Fine and Industrial Arts. Also numerous magazine and trade journal articles
Radio commentator, Station World"s Greatest Newspaper, 1934-1935 and 1939-1940. Recorded color-film lectures in national distribution Master Paintings of The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, and National Gallery, Washington, First prize, water color painting, Art League, Chicago, 1907.
Exhibitor water colors, various exhibitions
One-man show, 1944, Grand Central Galleries, New York, 1944-1945. Art associations, Terre Haute, Indiana, Atlanta, Georgia., Charlotte, North Carolina. Galesburg, Illinois.
Member faculty, and teacher water color painting The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, 1908-1913. Clubs: Arts, Cliff Dwellers, University.
Married Laura Josephine Hale, May 28, 1908. Children: Augusta Crafts, Emily Hale, Marjory Ann, Kathleen Laura.