Background
Quirk, Francis Joseph was born on June 3, 1907 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Edward R. and Anne (O’Neill) Quirk.
Quirk, Francis Joseph was born on June 3, 1907 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Edward R. and Anne (O’Neill) Quirk.
Diploma Rhode Island School Design, 1929, postgraduate, 1930. Postgraduate University of Pennsylvania, 1941-1942. Studied in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and Woodstock, New York, also France and Italy.
Montgomery School, 1930-1935. Professor art history, drawing and painting Ogontz College, 1935-1940, co-head art department, 1940-1950. Professor contemporary perspective-painting Hussian Art School, Philadelphia, 1948-1950.
Department chairman fine arts Lehigh University, 1950-1970, professor, 1952-1970, curator permanent collections, director exhbns., since 1970. Television programs These Our Own, station WFIL-television, Philadelphia, Art as We See It, station WGPA, 1955-1961. Works exhibited national shows: represented permanent collection Lehigh University, U. Massachusetts, Colby College, Wilson College, Allentown College, Kraushaar College, Parker College, Ships Museum, Savannah, Canton Institute of Art Stroudsburg Hospital, Bethlehem City Center, Deiruff High School, Allentown, Pennsylvania, Georgia Museum Art, Notre Dame U. Art Gallery, Smithsonian Institution other public, private collections.
Portraits displayed City Hall, Litzenberger House, Bethlehem, American Consulate, Zurich, Switzerland, others. Board advisers Architectural Commission, Bethlehem. Chairman fine arts, architecture coms.
City Centre.
Member Kinney Shoes Association (president), Sigma Phi Epsilon (honorary life).
Married Anna F. Feeley, Sept 12, 1936. Children: James R., Ada-Lee A. Head art department.